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Molluscs of Tasmania

Volutidae – Cymbiinae: Livonia roadnightae (McCoy, 1881) (‘Roadnight’s volute’)

Synonym(s): roadnightae McCoy, 1881.

Typical shell-length 200 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore on sand and mud, emerging at night to feed. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Cymbiinae
Genus: Livonia

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