Nacella flammea (Gmelin, 1791)

Rosenfeld, Sebastian, Aldea, Cristian, Mansilla, Andres, Marambio, Johanna & Ojeda, Jaime, 2015, Richness, systematics, and distribution of molluscs associated with the macroalga Gigartina skottsbergii in the Strait of Magellan, Chile: A biogeographic affinity study, ZooKeys 519, pp. 49-100 : 57

Nacella flammea (Gmelin, 1791) Fig. 4C-D

Material examined.

19 spm (9 × 7 × 3 - 45 × 33 × 10 mm).

Synonymy.

See Valdovinos and Rüth (2005).

Remarks.

Nacella flammea and Nacella mytilina inhabit subtidal environments. Nacella flammea presents a shell morphology different from the rest of the species of the genus ( Valdovinos and Rüth 2005). This species mainly inhabits rocky bottoms, feeding on benthic microalgae ( Gonzalez-Wevar et al. 2011).

Distribution.

Magellanic: Aysén ( Valdovinos and Rüth 2005) and Guarello Island ( Valdovinos and Rüth 2005); Strait of Magellan: Laredo Bay ( Mutschke et al. 1998), Punta Santa Ana ( Gónzalez-Wevar et al. 2010), Punta Santa María (this record), Carlos III Island ( Aldea et al. 2011a), and Almirantazgo Sound ( Valdovinos and Rüth 2005); Róbalo Bay ( Ojeda et al. 2010).