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Molluscs of Tasmania

Rissoidae: Onoba (Ovirissoa) rubicunda (Tate & May, 1900) (‘ruddy rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): rubicunda Tate & May, 1900 pulvillus Hedley, 1906 figula Laseron, 1950.
Typical shell-length 2.5 mm. Lives subtidally. Native. Endemic to southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba

Localities for Onoba rubicunda
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