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Molluscs of Tasmania

Marginellidae – Marginellinae: Mesoginella inconspicua (G. B. Sowerby, 1846) (‘inconspicuous margin-shell’)

Synonym(s): inconspicua Sowerby, 1846.

Typical shell-length 4.8 mm. Lives in offshore waters in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification

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

Localities for Mesoginella inconspicua
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