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Nacella 
A shell of Nacella magellanica Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Patellogastropoda Superfamily: Nacelloidea Family: Nacellidae Genus: Nacella
Schumacher, 1817Species See text
Nacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
These limpets are found in the littoral zone and sublittoral zone of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters including (Tierra del Fuego, Macquarie Island, Kerguelen Island, and Heard and McDonald Islands). The grayish-brown shell is suboval and flattened and the ribbing on the shell is rather flat. The shiny interior of the shell is rust-colored or chocolate-brown.
Species
Species within the genus Nacella include:
- Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)
- Nacelaa deaurata Gmelin, 1791 - Patagonian copper limpet
- Nacella clypeater R. P. Lesson, 1831 - Chilean copper limpet
- Nacella concinna H. Strebel, 1908 - Antarctic limpert, South Polar limpet
- Nacella deaurata J. F. Gmelin, 1791
- Nacella delesserti Hodgson and Bernard, 1989
- Nacella delicatissima Strebel, 1907
- Nacella flammea Gmelin, 1791
- Nacella fuegiensis L. A. Reeve, 1855 - Tierra del Fuego limpet
- Nacella kerguelenensis (E. A. Smith, 1877)
- Nacella macquariensis Finlay, 1927
- Nacella magellanica J. F. Gmelin, 1791 - Magellanic copper limpet
- Nacella mytilina Helbling, 1779
- Nacella terroris (Filhol,1880)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nacella peltoides Carpenter, 1864 : synonym of Williamia peltoides (Carpenter, 1864)
- Nacella subspiralis Carpenter, 1864 : synonym of Williamia subspiralis (Carpenter, 1864)
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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