''Cellana strigilis'' is a

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of large

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...

, a

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

in the

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Nacellidae Nacellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Patellogastropoda. Taxonomy Nacellidae was the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea as described by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),. H ...

, one of the families of true limpets.

Subspecies

Subspecies within this species as listed by Powell 1979 include: * ''Cellana strigilis strigilis'', the nominate subspecies * ''

Cellana strigilis bollonsi ''Cellana strigilis bollonsi'' is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda. ...

'' * ''

Cellana strigilis chathamensis ''Cellana strigilis chathamensis'' is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropod ...

'' * '' Cellana strigilis flemingi'' * '' Cellana strigilis oliveri'' * '' Cellana strigilis redimiculum'' Cellana strigilis 001

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979

External links

Reisser C., Marshall B.A. & Gardner J. (2012) ''A morphometric approach supporting genetic results in the taxonomy of the New Zealand limpets of the Cellana strigilis complex (Mollusca : Patellogastropoda : Nacellidae)''. Invertebrate Systematics 26: 193–203
Nacellidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1841 {{Nacellidae-stub