Kerguelenella lateralis

Taxobox
name = "Kerguelenella lateralis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Siphonariidae
genus = "Kerguelenella"
species = "K. lateralis"
binomial = "Kerguelenella lateralis"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1846)
synonyms = "Siphonaria lateralis" Gould, 1846
"Kerguelenia macquariensis" Powell, 1939
"Kerguelenia lateralis macquariensis" (Powell, 1955
"Kerguelenella lateralis" Dell, 1964

"Kerguelenella lateralis" is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Straits of Magellan, Patagonia, the Falklands, South Georgia, Gough Island, Kerguelen Island, and Macquarie Island.

hell description

The shell is narrowly ovate, parallel-sided except for the siphonal bulge on the right-hand side. It has a low profile, with the apex within the margin near the posterior left. The surface is smooth, except for subobsolete radials, covered by a light yellowish periostracum.

The external shell coloration is a dull light reddish-brown, with the interior darker brown over the central area. The shell length is up to 16 mm, width 10.5 mm, and height 5.5 mm.

References

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