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Molluscs of Tasmania

Calliostomatidae – Calliostomatinae: Calliostoma (Fautor) zietzi Verco, 1905 (‘Zietz’s top-shell’)

Synonym(s): zietzi Verco, 1905.

Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives in offshore waters on sponges and bryozoans. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

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

Localities for Calliostoma zietzi
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