Kerguelenella lateralis
 | This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted). (Jan 2019) |
| Kerguelenella lateralis | |
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| Kerguelenella lateralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Siphonariida |
| Family: | Siphonariidae |
| Genus: | Kerguelenella |
| Species: | K. lateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kerguelenella lateralis (Gould, 1846)
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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[edit]
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm
Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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
External links[edit]
- "Kerguelenella lateralis lateralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 December 2010.