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Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Nacella (Genus)
> kerguelenensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nacella (Patinigera) Dall, 1905
=Patella (Patinella) Dall, 1871
=Patinella Dall, 1871
=Patinigera Dall, 1905
Synonymised Names:
=Patella (Patinella) kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1879
=Patella kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1879
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Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Nacella (Genus)
> kerguelenensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nacella (Patinigera) Dall, 1905
=Patella (Patinella) Dall, 1871
=Patinella Dall, 1871
=Patinigera Dall, 1905
Synonymised Names:
=Patella (Patinella) kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1879
=Patella kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1879
Details: Nacella kerguelenensis (E.A. Smith, 1879)
Size/Grows to:
Length 80mm, Width 65mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island. Also Kerguelen & Heard Island
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine, Macquarie Island record based on 4 beach worn shells found in 1914, which may have drifted there on floating kelp
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.42)
  • Smith, E.A. 1879 Mollusca of Kerguelen Island, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 168 (p.11) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil