Nacella deaurata
Nacella deaurata shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Nacella
Species:
N. deaurata
Binomial name
Nacella deaurata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nacella delicatissima (Strebel, 1907)
  • Nacella strigatella Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Patella aenea Reeve, 1854
  • Patella deaurata Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Patella fuegiensis Reeve, 1855
  • Patella varicosa Reeve, 1854
  • Patinella aenea (Reeve, 1854)
  • Patinella delicatissima Strebel, 1907
  • Nacella fuegiensis (Reeve, 1855)
  • Patinigera fuegiensis (Reeve, 1855)

Nacella deaurata is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 34.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Horn, Chili.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Nacella deaurata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456656 on 2018-03-15
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nacella deaurata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456656 on 2021-08-30
  • Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp
  • Gonzalez-Wevar C.A., T. Nakano, J.I. Canete & E. Poulin (2011) Concerted genetic, morphological and ecological diversification in Nacella limpets in the Magellanic Province. Molecular Ecology 20: 1936–1951.


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