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Kerguelenella lateralis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Siphonarioidea

Genus
  
Kerguelenella

Higher classification
  
Kerguelenella

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Siphonariidae

Scientific name
  
Kerguelenella lateralis

Rank
  
Species

Kerguelenella lateralis

Similar
  
Gastropods, Siphonariidae, Molluscs, Siphonaria lessoni, Siphonaria normalis

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This 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

Kerguelenella lateralis Wikipedia