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Molluscs of Tasmania

Tethydidae: Melibe maugeana Burn, 1960 (‘Maugean sea-slug’)

Synonym(s): maugeana Burn, 1960.

Typical body-length 35 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cladobranchia – Dendronotida
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Melibe

Localities for Melibe maugeana
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