- Kerguelenella innominata
Taxobox
name = "Kerguelenella innominata"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Heterobranchia
ordo =Pulmonata
familia =Siphonariidae
genus = "Kerguelenella "
species = "K. innominata"
binomial = "Kerguelenella innominata"
binomial_authority = (Iredale, 1915)
synonyms = "Siphonaria lateralis" Suter, 1913
"Kerguelenia innominata" Iredale, 1915
"Siphonaria stewartiana" Hubendick, 1946
"Kerguelenella flemingi" Powell, 1955"Kerguelenella innominata" is a
species of air-breathing seasnail , a marinepulmonate gastropod mollusc in the familySiphonariidae , the falselimpet s.Distribution
This species is endemic to the sub-
Antarctic islands ofNew Zealand .hell description
The shell is moderately large, broadly ovate, thin and radially strongly malleated. The apex varies from being between the posterior fourth and the posterior margin, or even beyond. The external shell coloration is yellowish-brown externally, under a similarly coloured
periostracum . Internally, it is uniformly dark reddish-brown. The shell length is up to 27 mm, width 20 mm, and height 10 mm.References
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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