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Molluscs of Tasmania

Eulimidae: Sabinella schoutanica (May, 1915) (‘Schouten Island urchin-snail’)

Synonym(s): schoutanica May, 1915.
Typical shell-length 3.7 mm. Lives in offshore waters as an internal parasite of echinoderms. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS only).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Sabinella

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