Retusidae: Retusa pelyx Burn in Burn & Bell, 1974 (‘bowl canoe-shell’)
Synonym(s): pelyx Burn in Burn & Bell, 1974.
Typical shell-length 5.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Retusidae
Genus: Retusa
Localities for Retusa pelyx
Beechford: foreshore
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: beach
Cape Barren Island: Battery Bay
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton: Park Beach
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
Electrona: Peggys Beach
Flinders Island: Badger Corner
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Logan Lagoon
Garden Island Sands
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
Low Head: East Beach
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Pirates Bay: near landing
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Pittwater Bluff: foreshore to W
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Sandy Bay: Nutgrove Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: Bell Bay (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
