Nacella
| Nacella | |
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| A shell of Nacella magellanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Nacelloidea |
| Family: | Nacellidae |
| Genus: | Nacella Schumacher, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Nacella mytiloides Schumacher, 1817 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Nacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets. [1]
These limpets are found in the littoral zone and sublittoral zone of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters including (Tierra del Fuego, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island, and Heard and McDonald Islands). The grayish-brown shell is suboval and flattened and the ribbing on the shell is rather flat. The shiny interior of the shell is rust-colored or chocolate-brown.
Species
Species within the genus Nacella include:
- Nacella clypeater R. P. Lesson, 1831 - Chilean copper limpet
- Nacella deaurata J. F. Gmelin, 1791 - Patagonian copper limpet
- Nacella delesserti Hodgson and Bernard, 1989
- Nacella delicatissima Strebel, 1907
- Nacella flammea Gmelin, 1791
- Nacella kerguelenensis (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Nacella macquariensis Finlay, 1927
- Nacella magellanica J. F. Gmelin, 1791 - Magellanic copper limpet
- Nacella mytilina Helbling, 1779
- Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
- Nacella terroris (Filhol,1880)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nacella cernica H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
- Nacella chiloensis (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Nacella magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Nacella compressa Verco, 1906: synonym of Naccula compressa (Verco, 1906)
- Nacella concinna H. Strebel, 1908 - Antarctic limpert, South Polar limpet: synonym of Nacella polaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
- Nacella crebristriata Verco, 1904: synonym of Asteracmea crebristriata (Verco, 1904)
- Nacella flexuosa Hutton, 1873: synonym of Cellana radians (Gmelin, 1791)
- Nacella fuegiensis L. A. Reeve, 1855 - Tierra del Fuego limpet: synonym of Nacella deaurata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Nacella mytiloides Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Nacella mytilina (Helbling, 1779)
- Nacella parva Angas, 1876: synonym of Naccula parva (Angas, 1876)
- Nacella peltoides Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Williamia peltoides (Carpenter, 1864)
- Nacella stowae Verco, 1906: synonym of Asteracmea stowae (Verco, 1906)
- Nacella subspiralis Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Williamia subspiralis (Carpenter, 1864)
- Nacella venosa (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Nacella magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Nacella Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196963 on 2015-01-26
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1