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Molluscs of Tasmania

Columbellidae – Atiliinae: Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906) (‘pale dove-shell’)

Synonym(s): pallidulus Hedley, 1906.

Typical shell-length 5.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS only).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Subfamily: Atiliinae
Genus: Aesopus

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