Eulimidae: Melanella augur (Angas, 1865) (‘large urchin-snail’)

Synonym(s): augur Angas, 1865 proxima Sowerby, 1866 apheles Tenison-Woods, 1879 marginata Tenison-Woods, 1879 orthopleura Tate, 1898 mayi Tate, 1900 murrayae Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 planicincta Cotton & Godfrey, 1932.

Typical shell-length 15 mm. Lives subtidally as an internal parasite of sea-urchins. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a common species in the N; rare or absent further S.