Kerguelenella lateralis

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Kerguelenella lateralis
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Kerguelenella lateralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Kerguelenella
Species:
K. lateralis
Binomial name
Kerguelenella lateralis
(Gould, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Siphonaria lateralisGould, 1846
  • Siphonaria magellanica Philippi, R.A., 1855
  • Siphonaria redimiculum Reeve, L.A., 1856
  • Kerguelenia macquariensis Powell, 1939
  • Kerguelenia lateralis macquariensis(Powell, 1955
  • Kerguelenella lateralisDell, 1964

Kerguelenella lateralis is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the cold waters at the southern tip of South America and along South Georgia and along the southern tip of New Zealand

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References

  1. WoRMS (2010). Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197197 on 2010-12-19