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Molluscs of Tasmania

Newtoniellidae – Eumetulinae: Socienna trisculpta (May, 1912) (‘engraved false-creeper’)

Synonym(s): trisculpta May, 1913.

Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southern Australia (TAS and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Subfamily: Cerithiopsinae
Genus: Socienna

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