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Molluscs of Tasmania

Rissoinidae: Rissoina (Rissoina) vincentiana Cotton, 1952 (‘Vincent rice-shell’)

Synonym(s): vincentiana Cotton, 1952.
Typical shell-length 10 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

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

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