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| Cellana strigilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Nacellidae |
| Genus: | Cellana |
| Species: | C. strigilis |
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| Cellana strigilis | |
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Cellana strigilis is a species of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
Baden Powell listed several subspecies in his 1979 New Zealand Mollusca, but these are no longer accepted.[3]
Description
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The shell attains a length of 80 mm, its width 68 mm, its height 32 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic in New Zealand: Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, and the east coast of the South Island up to Kaikōura. Also off Auckland, Snares Island and Campbell Island.
References
[edit]- ↑ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ "Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ Powell, Arthur William Baden (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land, and Freshwater Shells. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-216906-6.
- Penniket, J.R. Aug/1988 The Genus Cellana in New Zealand, Poirieria, 15(5)
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