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Molluscs of Tasmania

Pseudomelatomidae: Epidirona jaffaensis (Verco, 1909) (‘Jaffa turrid’)

Synonym(s): jaffaensis Verco, 1909.

Typical shell-length 9 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record offshore from the east coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Epidirona

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available