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Molluscs of Tasmania

Newtoniellidae – Ataxocerithiinae: Ataxocerithium TAS sp 01 (‘TAS sp 01 false-creeper’)

Synonym(s):

TAS sp 01

Typical shell-length 21 mm. Lives in offshore waters amongst sponges. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and perhaps other states).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Subfamily: Ataxocerithiinae
Genus: Ataxocerithium

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