Cellana strigilis

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Cellana strigilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. strigilis
Binomial name
Cellana strigilis
Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Synonyms
  • Cellana strigilis flemingiPowell, 1955
  • Cellana strigilis redimiculum(Reeve, 1854)
  • Cellana strigilis strigilis(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
  • Patella illuminataGould, 1846
  • Patella pottsiHutton, 1873
  • Patella redimiculumReeve, 1854
  • Patella strigilisHombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (original combination)

Cellana strigilis is a species of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1]

Contents

Baden Powell listed several subspecies in his 1979 New Zealand Mollusca, but these are no longer accepted. [2]

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basal view

Description

The shell attains a length of 80mm, its width 68mm its height 32mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic in New Zealand: Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, and the east coast of the South Island up to Kaikoura. Also off Auckland, Snares Island and Campbell Island.

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References

  1. "Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. Powell, Arthur William Baden (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land, and Freshwater Shells. Collins. ISBN   978-0-00-216906-6.