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Molluscs of Tasmania

Anabathridae: Pisinna kershawi (Tenison-Woods, 1878) (‘Kershaw’s false rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): kershawi Tenison-Woods, 1878 microcosta May, 1920.

Typical shell-length 2.6 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Anabathridae
Genus: Pisinna

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