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Molluscs of Tasmania

Anabathridae: Pisinna megastoma Ponder & Yoo, 1976 (‘wide-mouthed false rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): megastoma Ponder & Yoo, 1976.

Typical shell-length 1.8 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC).

Classification

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

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