Nacella deaurata, sometimes known as the golden limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Description
It can reach a length of up to 61 mm, although the average length is reported at approximately 36 mm. Nacella deaurata is benthic and found from depths of 0 to 96 m. It is known to feed on microscopic algae. It is smaller than the related and co-occurring N. magellanica.
Distribution
Its primary range is off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, and around the Falkland Islands. Specimens have also been found in the southern Indian Ocean, near the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands.
References
- Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79âÂÂ99
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp
- Gonzalez-Wevar C.A., T. Nakano, J.I. Canete & E. Poulin (2011) Concerted genetic, morphological and ecological diversification in Nacella limpets in the Magellanic Province. Molecular Ecology 20: 1936âÂÂ1951.
External links
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1885). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission àSanta-Cruz de Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) 9(3): 100-111
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910
- Strebel, H. (1907). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 5. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 25: 79-196
- González-Wevar C.A., Hüne M., Rosenfeld S., Nakano T., Saucède T., Spencer H. & Poulin E. (2018). Systematic revision of Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) based on a complete phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species from the southern tip of South America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067