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Molluscs of Tasmania

Trochidae – Trochinae: Clanculus undatoides Tenison-Woods, 1879 (‘wave-like top-shell’)

Synonym(s): undatoides Tenison-Woods, 1879.

Typical shell-length 10 mm. Lives subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Grazes on epiphytic algae. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Trochinae
Genus: Clanculus
Localities for Clanculus undatoides
Clanculus undatoides
Clanculus undatoides
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