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Molluscs of Tasmania

Muricidae – Trophoninae: Enixotrophon plicilaminatus (Verco, 1909) (‘leafy trophon’)

Synonym(s): plicilaminatus Verco, 1909.

Typical shell-length 20 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS only). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record offshore from the southeast coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Enixotrophon

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available