Kerguelenella innominata

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Kerguelenella innominata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Kerguelenella
Species: K. innominata
Binomial name
Kerguelenella innominata
(Iredale, 1915)
Synonyms

Siphonaria lateralis Suter, 1913
Kerguelenia innominata Iredale, 1915
Siphonaria stewartiana Hubendick, 1946
Kerguelenella flemingi Powell, 1955

Kerguelenella innominata is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is moderately large, broadly ovate, thin and radially strongly malleated. The apex varies from being between the posterior fourth and the posterior margin, or even beyond. The external shell coloration is yellowish-brown externally, under a similarly coloured periostracum. Internally, it is uniformly dark reddish-brown. The shell length is up to 27 mm, width 20 mm, and height 10 mm.

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