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Molluscs of Tasmania

Cuspidariidae: Cuspidaria exarata Verco, 1908 (‘ploughed spoon-shell’)

Synonym(s): exarata Verco, 1908.

Typical shell-length 30 mm. Lives in offshore waters in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Pholadomyoida
Superfamily: Cuspidarioidea
Family: Cuspidariidae
Genus: Cuspidaria

Localities for Cuspidaria exarata
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