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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 002016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Nacella kerguelensis   (E.A. Smith, 1879)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 2 Nacellidae (limpets) - show full list Common Name: [a limpet] Organism Type: a limpet Synonyms: Nacella mytilina (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in subantarctic/Antarctic waters: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 002902     Nacella spp.

Scientific Name Notes:	Specimens of this species living on kelp, which are a distinct ecomorph, have been mis-identified previously as the South American species N. mytilina.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197297 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-06-21 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:

Australian Biological Resources Study (Houston, K. + others, editors), 2000-, Australian Faunal Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication, http: www.environment.gov.au/abrs/abif-fauna/

Scientific Name verified against:

González-Wevar, C.A., Hüne, M., Rosenfeld, S., Nakano, T., Saucède, T., Spencer, H., Poulin, E., 2019. 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, Vol. 186: 303-336. . zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:68738EE0-509B-4201-854C-2ABB41662357