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Diaphanidae – Diaphaninae: Diaphana tasmanica (Beddome, 1883) (‘paper bubble-shell’)
Synonym(s): tasmanica Beddome, 1883.
Typical shell-length 5.5 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally in sand and mud. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC); also New Zealand.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Cylichnoidea
Family: Diaphanidae
Subfamily: Diaphaninae
Genus: Diaphana
Localities for Diaphana tasmanica
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