# Vacerrena

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Vacerrena nana (MNHN-IM-2000-4776).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of ''Vacerrena nana''
| taxon = Vacerrena
| authority = [Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1958
| type_species = '''''[Puncturella demissa](/source/Vacerrena_kesteveni)'''''
| type_species_authority = [Hedley](/source/Charles_Hedley), 1904
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |title=''Vacerrena'' |id=849295 |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
| synonyms =
* ''Puncturella'' (''Vacerrena'') <small>Iredale, 1958</small>
* ''Vacerra'' <small>Iredale, 1924</small> (junior homonym of ''[Vacerra](/source/Vacerra)'' <small>Godman, 1900</small> in Lepidoptera; ''Vacerrena'' was the replacement name)
}}

'''''Vacerrena''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Fissurellidae](/source/Fissurellidae), the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.<ref name="WoRMS"/>

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Vacerrena'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" />
* ''[Vacerrena kesteveni](/source/Vacerrena_kesteveni)'' <small>(Hedley, 1900)</small>
* ''[Vacerrena nana](/source/Vacerrena_nana)'' <small>(H. Adams, 1872)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Iredale, T. (1958). Some molluscan name changes. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 1956-57: 103-104.

==External links==
* [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196 Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278.]

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Category:Fissurellidae
Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale
Category:Taxa described in 1958

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