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Molluscs of Tasmania

Diaphanidae – Diaphaninae: Diaphana brazieri Angas, 1877 (‘Brazier’s bubble-shell’)

Synonym(s): brazieri Angas, 1877.

Typical shell-length 4.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also New Zealand and perhaps Japan.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Cylichnoidea
Family: Diaphanidae
Subfamily: Diaphaninae
Genus: Diaphana

Localities for Diaphana brazieri
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