Kerguelenella | |
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Kerguelenella lateralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Siphonariida |
Family: | Siphonariidae |
Genus: | Kerguelenella Powell, 1946 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
KergueleniaRochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (preoccupied by Kerguelenia Stebbing, 1888 (Amphipoda)) Contents |
Kerguelenella is a genus of air-breathing sea snails, marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets. [2]
Species in this genus live in Patagonia, South Georgia, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Islands, and New Zealand's Stewart island and sub-Antarctic islands.
Species within the genus Kerguelenella include:
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Rhytida is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.
Arthur William Baden Powell was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".
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