Triphoridae – Triphorinae: Obesula profundior B. A. Marshall, 1983 (‘deepwater sinistral-creeper’)

Synonym(s): profundior Marshall, 1983.
Typical shell-length 5.9 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southern Australia (TAS and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record offshore from the northeast coast.

Classification

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

no coastal locality records for this species currently available