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Molluscs of Tasmania

Scissurellidae – Scissurellinae: Sinezona pacifica (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915) (‘Pacific slit-shell’)

Synonym(s): pacifica Oliver, 1915.

Typical shell-length 1.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, SA and WA); also New Zealand.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Scissurellidae
Subfamily: Scissurellinae
Genus: Sinezona

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