Nacella

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Nacella
Nacella magellanica 003.jpg
A shell of Nacella magellanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Nacella
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Nacella mytiloidesSchumacher, 1817
Synonyms [1]
  • Nacella (Patinigera)Dall, 1905
  • Patella (Patinella)Dall, 1871
  • PatinellaDall, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of Patinella Gray, 1848; Patinigera is a replacement name)
  • PatinigeraDall, 1905

Nacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets. [1]

Contents

These limpets are found in the littoral zone and sublittoral zone of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters including (Tierra del Fuego, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island, and Heard and McDonald Islands). The grayish-brown shell is suboval and flattened and the ribbing on the shell is rather flat. The shiny interior of the shell is rust-colored or chocolate-brown.

Species

Species within the genus Nacella include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Nacella Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196963 on 2015-01-26
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 González-Wevar, Claudio A.; Hüne, Mathias; Rosenfeld, Sebastián; Nakano, Tomoyuki; Saucède, Thomas; Spencer, Hamish; Poulin, Elie (2019). "Systematic revision of Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) based on a complete phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species from the southern tip of South America". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (2): 303–336. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067.


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