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Molluscs of Tasmania

Eulimidae: Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877) (‘Brazier’s seastar-snail’)

Synonym(s): brazieri Angas, 1877 immaculata Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900.

Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore as an internal parasite of seastars, specifically Patiriella calcar. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Apicalia

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