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Molluscs of Tasmania

Rissoinidae: Rissoina (Rissoina) gertrudis Tenison-Woods, 1876 (‘Gertrude’s rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): gertrudis Tenison-Woods, 1876.
Typical shell-length 4.5 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Rissoina

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