Cellana strigilis

Cellana strigilis is a species of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[2]

Cellana strigilis
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. strigilis
Binomial name
Cellana strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Synonyms
Cellana strigilis flemingi Powell, 1955 Cellana strigilis redimiculum (Reeve, 1854) Cellana strigilis strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Patella illuminata Gould, 1846 Patella pottsi Hutton, 1873 Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854 Patella strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (original combination)

Baden Powell listed several subspecies in his 1979 New Zealand Mollusca, but these are no longer accepted.^[3]

basal view

Description

The shell attains a length of 80mm, its width 68mm, its height 32mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic in New Zealand: Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, and the east coast of the South Island up to Kaikōura. Also off Auckland, Snares Island and Campbell Island.