Eulimidae: Eulima tenisoni Tryon, 1886 (‘Tenison’s urchin-snail’)
Synonym(s): tenisoni Tryon, 1886 micans Tenison-Woods, 1876.
Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore as an internal parasite of echinoderms. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Eulima
Localities for Eulima tenisoni
Beechford: foreshore
Black River Beach: southern end
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Ile des Phoques
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Seal Point
King Island (unlocalised)
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Pirates Bay: near landing
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Snug Beach
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore