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Molluscs of Tasmania

Triphoridae – Triphorinae: Nototriphora regina (Hedley, 1903) (‘queen sinistral-creeper’)

Synonym(s): regina Hedley, 1903.
Typical shell-length 5.7 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record offshore from the northwest coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Subfamily: Triphorinae
Genus: Nototriphora

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available