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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
Geographical Range:
An
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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