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Molluscs of Tasmania

Triphoridae – Triphorinae: Obesula mamillata (Verco, 1909) (‘nippled sinistral-creeper’)

Synonym(s): mamillata Verco, 1909.
Typical shell-length 5.4 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore under rocks and stones. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

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

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