| Nacella deaurata | |
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| Nacella deaurata shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Nacellidae |
| Genus: | Nacella |
| Species: | N. deaurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nacella deaurata (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Nacella deaurata, sometimes known as the golden limpet, [2] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets. [2]
It can reach a length of up to 61 mm, [3] although the average length is reported at approximately 36 mm. [4] Nacella deaurata is benthic and found from depths of 0 to 96 m. [3] It is known to feed on microscopic algae. It is smaller than the related and co-occurring N. magellanica . [5]
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Its primary range is off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, and around the Falkland Islands. [2] [3] Specimens have also been found in the southern Indian Ocean, near the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands. [3]
