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Molluscs of Tasmania

Turritellidae – Turritellinae: Colpospira (Platycolpus) circumligata (Verco, 1910) (‘enwrapped screw-shell’)

Synonym(s): circumligata Verco, 1910.

Typical shell-length 17 mm. Lives in offshore waters in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known from a few records of dredged specimens in western Bass Strait and off the SE coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Cerithiimorpha – Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Subfamily: Turritellinae
Genus: Colpospira

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available