Nacella magellanica

Species of gastropod

Nacella magellanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Nacella
Species:
N. magellanica
Binomial name
Nacella magellanica
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Nacella chiloensis (Reeve, 1855)
  • Nacella venosa (Reeve, 1855)
  • Patella atramentosa Reeve, 1854
  • Patella chiloensis Reeve, 1855
  • Patella magellanica Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Patella meridionalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Patella metallica Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Patella pupillata Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Patella tincta Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Patella venosa Reeve, 1854
  • Patinella aenea var. minor Strebel, 1907

Nacella magellanica is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Horn, Chili.

ventral view

References

  1. ^ Nacella magellanica (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • Rochebrune, A.-T. & Mabille, J., 1889 Mission scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883. Mollusques, vol. 6, p. 128 p, 8 pls
  • 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
  • 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

External links

  • Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
  • Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus Patella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London
  • Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1885). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) 9(3): 100-111
  • Strebel, H. (1907). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 5. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 25: 79-196
  • González-Wevar C.A., Hüne M., Rosenfeld S., Nakano T., Saucède T., Spencer H. & Poulin E. (2018). Systematic revision of Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) based on a complete phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species from the southern tip of South America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067
Taxon identifiers
Nacella magellanica
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