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Molluscs of Tasmania

Anabathridae: Pisinna nitida Ponder & Yoo, 1976 (‘shining false rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): nitida Ponder & Yoo, 1976.

Typical shell-length 5.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Anabathridae
Genus: Pisinna

Localities for Pisinna nitida
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