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* [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=GASTROPODA;pstrTaxa=156;pstrChecklistMode=2#distribution Australian Government] |
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| Nacella kerguelenensis (Smith, 1877)
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Nacella kerguelenensis is a southern, cold-water species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
Distribution
This true limpet is endemic to Australia's sub-Antarctic Macquarie, Heard, and McDonald islands, and France's Kerguélen Islands.
Shell description
The shell is large, very thin, smooth and noticeably narrowed in front. The shell coloration is dark bronzy-brown, both externally and internally.
The maximum shell length is 80 mm, width 65 mm, and height 33 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Australian Government