Cellana strigilis chathamensis

Taxobox
name = "Cellana strigilis chathamensis"


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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 chathamensis"
trinomial = "Cellana strigilis chathamensis"
trinomial_authority = (Pilsbry, 1955)
synonyms = "Acmaea chathamensis" Pilsbry, 1891

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

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Islands.

hell description

The shell is large and solid, nearest to the subspecies "Cellana strigilis bollonsi", but with a simpler colour pattern, the dark brown radial streaks being numerous, straight and narrow, never blotched.

The internal shell coloration is yellowish-brown.

The maximum shell length is 72.5 mm, width 56 mm, and height 32 mm.

References

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