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Molluscs of Tasmania

Marginellidae – Marginellinae: Alaginella gatliffi (May, 1911) (‘Gatliff’s margin-shell’)

Synonym(s): gatliffi May, 1911.

Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives in offshore waters in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellidae
Genus: Alaginella

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