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Molluscs of Tasmania

Anabathridae: Badepigrus pupoideus (H. Adams, 1865) (‘chrysalis-like false rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): pupoideus H. Adams, 1865 pellyae Nevill, 1881 pulchella Petterd, 1884 petterdi Brazier, 1895.

Typical shell-length 1.7 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Anabathridae
Genus: Badepigrus

Localities for Badepigrus pupoideus

Ansons Bay
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton: Park Beach
Clarke Island: Black Point
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Cremorne: foreshore
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
De Witt Island
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Badger Corner
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Watering Beach
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Yellow Beaches
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Flinders Island: Sellars Lagoon
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
Lime Bay
Little Swanport (unlocalised)
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Mulcahy Bay
New Harbour
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay: middle rocks
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Cygnet: Cray Point
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: Perkins Bay & West Inlet
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Verona Sands

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