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Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Nacella (Genus)
> macquariensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nacella (Patinigera) Dall, 1905
=Patella (Patinella) Dall, 1871
=Patinella Dall, 1871
=Patinigera Dall, 1905
Images: Nacella macquariensis Finlay, 1926
Collected in 1926, Disappointment Island, Auckland Islands, NZ (MA64367). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 1926, Disappointment Island, Auckland Islands, NZ (MA64367). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
NACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Patellogastropoda (Subclass)
> Lottioidea (Superfamily)
> Nacellidae (Family)
> Nacella (Genus)
> macquariensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nacella (Patinigera) Dall, 1905
=Patella (Patinella) Dall, 1871
=Patinella Dall, 1871
=Patinigera Dall, 1905
Details: Nacella macquariensis Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Length 60mm, Width 48mm
Distribution:
Macquarie, Heard an Auckland Islands
Type Data:
  • Macquarie Island, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.42)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.337) 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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