SIZE, SHAPE AND SHELL MORPHOLOGY IN THE ANTARCTIC LIMPET NACELLA CONCINNA AT SIGNY ISLAND, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS

• Published in: Journal of Molluscan Studies
• Main Author: NOLAN, CONOR P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1991
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Nacella; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/57/2/225; https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/57.2.225

Comparison of the size, shape and shell morphology in littoral and sub-littoral morphs of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna reveal differences in shell morphology which are enhanced by structural anomalies within the shells of the two types. Infestation of sub-littoral shells by the conchocelis...