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Molluscs of Tasmania

Marginellidae – Marginellinae: Mesoginella altilabra (May, 1911) (‘high-lipped margin-shell’)

Synonym(s): altilabra May, 1911.

Typical shell-length 3.8 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Mesoginella

Localities for Mesoginella altilabra
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