Buccinidae – Buccininae: Fax tenuicostatus Tenison-Woods, 1877 (‘thin-ribbed whelk’)
Synonym(s): tenuicostatus Tenison-Woods, 1877.
Typical shell-length 27 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC). In Tasmanian waters, this species is recorded from a few localities in the E
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Fax
Localities for Fax tenuicostatus
