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Molluscs of Tasmania

Dentaliidae: Paradentalium hemileuron (Verco, 1911) (‘hemileuron tusk-shell’)

Synonym(s): hemileuron Verco, 1911 tignum Colman, 1958.
Typical shell-length 30 mm. Lives in offshore waters in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Scaphopoda
Subclass: Scaphopoda
Order: Dentaliida
Superfamily: Dentallidea
Family: Dentaliidae
Genus: Paradentalium

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