MolluscaBase taxon details
Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
325461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325461)
accepted
Species
Cellana strigilis flemingi A. W. B. Powell, 1955 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cellana strigilis redimiculum (Reeve, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cellana strigilis strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nacella (Patinigera) illuminata (A. Gould, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella illuminata A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Patella pottsi F. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Patella strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Subspecies Cellana strigilis bollonsi A. W. B. Powell, 1955 accepted as Cellana oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1955 (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cellana strigilis chathamensis of authors not Pilsbry, 1891 accepted as Cellana oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1955
- Subspecies Cellana strigilis flemingi A. W. B. Powell, 1955 accepted as Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cellana strigilis oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1955 accepted as Cellana oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1955 (superseded combination)
- Subspecies Cellana strigilis redimiculum (Reeve, 1854) accepted as Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cellana strigilis strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) accepted as Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Patella strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, C. H. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ser. 2, Zoologie.</em> 16: 62-65, 190-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730481
page(s): 190 [details]
page(s): 190 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from infraspecies] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325461 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cellana strigilis flemingi A. W. B. Powell, 1955) Powell, A. W. B. (1955). Mollusca of the southern islands of New Zealand. <em>Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin.</em> 15(1): 1–151, 5 pls.
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Patella strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, C. H. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ser. 2, Zoologie.</em> 16: 62-65, 190-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730481
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Patella illuminata A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573
page(s): pl. 20, sp. 50 [details]
original description (of Patella pottsi F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868 [details]
basis of record Reisser C., Marshall B.A. & Gardner J. (2012) A morphometric approach supporting genetic results in the taxonomy of the New Zealand limpets of the <i>Cellana strigilis</i> complex (Mollusca : Patellogastropoda : Nacellidae). <i>Invertebrate Systematics</i> 26: 193–203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS11042 [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Patella strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, C. H. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ser. 2, Zoologie.</em> 16: 62-65, 190-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730481
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Patella illuminata A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573
page(s): pl. 20, sp. 50 [details]
original description (of Patella pottsi F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868 [details]
basis of record Reisser C., Marshall B.A. & Gardner J. (2012) A morphometric approach supporting genetic results in the taxonomy of the New Zealand limpets of the <i>Cellana strigilis</i> complex (Mollusca : Patellogastropoda : Nacellidae). <i>Invertebrate Systematics</i> 26: 193–203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS11042 [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors





To Malacopics (Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) New Zealand, Southland, Southland Co., Bluff, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000247; Patella pottsi Hutton, 1873; holotype) (from synonym Patella pottsi F. W. Hutton, 1873)
To NHMUK collection (Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:726391) (from synonym Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patella illuminata Holotype USNM 5831) (from synonym Patella illuminata A. Gould, 1846)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000247; Patella pottsi Hutton, 1873; holotype) (from synonym Patella pottsi F. W. Hutton, 1873)
To NHMUK collection (Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:726391) (from synonym Patella redimiculum Reeve, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patella illuminata Holotype USNM 5831) (from synonym Patella illuminata A. Gould, 1846)