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Molluscs of Tasmania

Anabathridae: Pisinna tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876) (‘Tasmanian false rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876.

Typical shell-length 4.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. 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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