Poole, Karen E.
Nacella
Sign in to saveNacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyAbylidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 188
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Nacellidae
- Collections
- UCMP, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM, NMV, CAS, PRI
- Recorded in
- Chile, Argentina, Peru, Australia, Faroe Islands, Falkland Islands [Islas Malvinas], United States, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nacellidae
- Image
- Nacella magellanica 003.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nacella
- taxon name
- Nacella
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Nacella
- taxon author citation
- Schumacher, 1817
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Nacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.
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.
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