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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]
| 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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Description
editThe shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm
Distribution
editThis 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.