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Molluscs of Tasmania

Mangeliidae: Apispiralia albocincta (Angas, 1871) (‘white-ringed turrid’)

Synonym(s): albocincta Angas, 1871.

Typical shell-length 5 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record offshore from the east coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Apispiralia

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available