Skeneidae: Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877) (‘Weld’s false-top-shell’)

Synonym(s): weldii Tenison-Woods, 1877 australis Angas, 1877 susonis Tenison-Woods, 1877.

Typical shell-length 2.2 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella

Localities for Cirsonella weldii

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Black River Beach: southern end
Cape Pillar
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
De Witt Island
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Greens Beach: main beach
Huon Island
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay: near landing
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Randalls Bay
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Rocky Boat Inlet
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Tinderbox Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)