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Molluscs of Tasmania

Rissoidae: Powellisetia simillima (May, 1915) (‘similar rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): simillima May, 1915.
Typical shell-length 1.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW and TAS).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Prolixodens

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