Cellana strigilis

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

Baden Powell listed several subspecies in his 1979 New Zealand Mollusca, but these are no longer accepted.

Description

The shell attains a length of 80mm, its width 68mm, its height 32mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic in New Zealand: Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, and the east coast of the South Island up to Kaikōura. Also off Auckland, Snares Island and Campbell Island.

References

• Penniket, J.R. Aug/1988 The Genus Cellana in New Zealand, Poirieria, 15(5)

External links

• Reisser C., Marshall B.A. & Gardner J. (2012) A morphometric approach supporting genetic results in the taxonomy of the New Zealand limpets of the Cellana strigilis complex (Mollusca : Patellogastropoda : Nacellidae). Invertebrate Systematics 26: 193–203