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Molluscs of Tasmania

Trochidae – Halistylinae: Charisma josephi (Tenison-Woods, 1877) (‘Joseph’s top-shell’)

Synonym(s): josephi Tenison-Woods, 1877.

Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Halistylinae
Genus: Charisma

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