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Molluscs of Tasmania

Limacinidae: Limacina trochiformis (d’Orbigny, 1834) (‘top-shaped sea-butterfly’)

Synonym(s): trochiformis d’Orbigny, 1836 contorta Sykes, 1905.
Typical shell-length 1.8 mm. Lives in offshore waters in midwater. Native. Occurs all around Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT); also widespread in warmer oceanic waters worldwide.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Thecosomata
Superfamily: Cavolinioidea
Family: Limacinidae
Genus: Limacina

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