Retusidae: Retusa pygmaea (A. Adams, 1850) (‘pygmy canoe-shell’)
Synonym(s): pygmaea A. Adams, 1850.
Typical shell-length 5.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Retusidae
Genus: Retusa
Localities for Retusa pygmaea
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Fisher Island
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Lime Bay
Pittwater Bluff: foreshore to W
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tasmania (unlocalised)