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Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Cellana (Genus)
> flava (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Patella flava Hutton, 1873
Images: Cellana flava (Hutton, 1873)
On low tidal rocks, Kaikoura Peninsula, Canterbury, NZ. 57mm. © rights reserved
On sandstone rocks, near East Cape. 45mm. © rights reserved
Found washed up on Bream Bay. Not usually found this far north. 40mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Cellana (Genus)
> flava (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bertinia Jousseaume, 1883
=Granopatella Pallary, 1920
=Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871
=Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
=Nacella (Cellana) H. Adams, 1869
Synonymised Names:
=Patella flava Hutton, 1873
Details: Cellana flava (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Length 60mm, Width 50mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island as far north as Cape Runaway, and north-eastern South Island as far south as Waipara River mouth, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Haumuri Bluffs, Kaikoura, NZ, (syntype)
Notes:
Golden Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic, On low-mid tidal mudstone rocks
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Penniket, J.R. Aug/1988 The Genus Cellana in New Zealand, Poirieria, 15(5) (p.11)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.43)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.44) Original Description

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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