Cellana strigilis strigilis

Taxobox
name = "Cellana strigilis strigilis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Patellogastropoda
subordo = Patellina
superfamilia = Patelloidea
familia = Patellidae
genus = "Cellana"
species = "C. strigilis"
subspecies = "C. strigilis strigilis"
trinomial = "Cellana strigilis strigilis"
trinomial_authority = Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841

"Cellana strigilis strigilis" is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand's sub-Antarctic Auckland and Campbell islands.

hell description

The shell is very large and solid, broadly ovate, and of high profile. It is coarsely radially ribbed with about 20 primary ribs, with a much weaker rib in each interspace.

The external shell coloration is light brown, spotted and streaked with yellowish-white. The interior is rayed in dark brown and cross maculated, with the muscle attachment mark on the underside of the shell yellowish-brown.

The maximum shell length is 80 mm, width 68 mm, and height 39 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1