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Kerguelenella lateralis

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Kerguelenella lateralis
Kerguelenella lateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Siphonariida
Family: Siphonariidae
Genus: Kerguelenella
Species:
K. lateralis
Binomial name
Kerguelenella lateralis
(Gould, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Siphonaria lateralis Gould, 1846
  • Siphonaria magellanica Philippi, R.A., 1855
  • Siphonaria redimiculum Reeve, L.A., 1856
  • Kerguelenia macquariensis Powell, 1939
  • Kerguelenia lateralis macquariensis (Powell, 1955
  • Kerguelenella lateralis Dell, 1964

Kerguelenella lateralis is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the cold waters at the southern tip of South America and along South Georgia and along the southern tip of New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197197 on 2010-12-19
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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