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Molluscs of Tasmania

Lironobidae: Lironoba unilirata (Tenison-Woods, 1878) (‘single-grooved rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): unilirata Tenison-Woods, 1878.

Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Lironobidae
Genus: Lironoba

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