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Molluscs of Tasmania

Calliostomatidae – Calliostomatinae: Calliostoma (Fautor) legrandi (Tenison-Woods, 1876) (‘Legrand’s top-shell’)

Synonym(s): legrandi Tenison-Woods, 1876.

Typical shell-length 13 mm. Shell surface with spiral ribs. Lives subtidally and offshore on sponges and bryozoans in sandy areas. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread species but seldom beached; most likely to be found in the N.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma

Localities for Calliostoma legrandi

Calliostoma legrandi Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Calliostoma legrandi Black River Beach: northern end
Calliostoma legrandi Black River Beach: southern end
Calliostoma legrandi Bruny Island: Neck Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Cape Pillar
Calliostoma legrandi Carlton: Park Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Devonport: Bluff Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Flinders Island: White Beach to Dick Davey Shoal
Calliostoma legrandi Greens Beach: main beach
Calliostoma legrandi Hawley Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Little Peggs Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Low Head (unlocalised)
Calliostoma legrandi Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Calliostoma legrandi Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Calliostoma legrandi Marion Bay: northern beaches
Calliostoma legrandi Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Calliostoma legrandi Mount Chappell Island
Calliostoma legrandi Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Calliostoma legrandi Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Calliostoma legrandi Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Calliostoma legrandi Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Calliostoma legrandi South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
Calliostoma legrandi South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Calliostoma legrandi South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Calliostoma legrandi Stanley: Anthony Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Stanley: Circular Head
Calliostoma legrandi Stanley: foreshore
Calliostoma legrandi Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Calliostoma legrandi Taroona Beach
Calliostoma legrandi Tasmania (unlocalised)

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