MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC VARIATION IN THE ANTARCTIC LIMPET NACELLA CONCINNA (STREBEL, 1908)

• Published in: Journal of Molluscan Studies
• Main Authors: BEAUMONT, ANDY R., WEI, JEREMY H.C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1991
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Nacella; Stromness; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/57/4/443; https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/57.4.443

Samples of the Antarctic limpet, Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908), were collected from four sites in the South Orkney Islands and from Stromness in South Georgia during 1988. At three South Orkney sites, both littoral and sub-littoral samples of limpets were taken. Shell dimensions were measured and...