''Nacella kerguelenensis'' is a southern, cold-water
species
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of
limpet, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family
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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), ...
, the true
limpets.
Distribution
This true limpet is
endemic
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to
Australia's sub-
Antarctic Macquarie,
Heard, and
McDonald islands, and
France
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's
Kerguélen Islands.
References
*
Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979
Australian Government
Nacellidae
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1877
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