Fissurellidae – Emarginulinae: Emarginula (Emarginula) dilecta A. Adams, 1852 (‘esteemed notch-limpet’)
Synonym(s): dilecta A. Adams, 1851 amitana Iredale, 1925.
Typical shell-length 12 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore under rocks and stones. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Emarginula
Localities for Emarginula dilecta
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Greens Beach: main beach
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island (unlocalised)
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
South Cape Rivulet: mouth