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Molluscs of Tasmania

Anabathridae: Pisinna tumida (Tenison-Woods, 1876) (‘swollen false rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): tumida Tenison-Woods, 1876 simplicosta Ponder & Yoo, 1976 wilsoni Ponder & Yoo, 1976.

Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore amongst seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

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

Localities for Pisinna tumida
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