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Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Cellana (Genus)
> denticulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Patella denticulata Martyn, 1784
=Patella imbricata Reeve, 1855
=Patella reevei Hutton, 1880
Images: Cellana denticulata (Martyn, 1784)
On mid-tidal rocks, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 67mm. © rights reserved
On rocks at low tide, Ngawi, Wellington, NZ. 40-45mm. © rights reserved
Under overhanging rocks at mid/low tide, Castlepoint, Wairarapa, NZ. 50-55mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Cellana (Genus)
> denticulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Patella denticulata Martyn, 1784
=Patella imbricata Reeve, 1855
=Patella reevei Hutton, 1880
Details: Cellana denticulata (Martyn, 1784)
Size/Grows to:
Length 84mm, Width 70mm, Height 35mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga and Cape Maria van Diemen, eastern North Island, Cook Strait, and north-eastern South Island as far south as Kaikoura Peninsula, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, More common in south
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Penniket, J.R. Aug/1988 The Genus Cellana in New Zealand, Poirieria, 15(5) (p.13)
  • Aug/1979 Items of Interest, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.47)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.42)
  • Martyn, T. 1784 The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells 1-4, vol 1-4 Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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