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Molluscs of Tasmania

Assimineidae – Assimineinae: Suterilla julieae Fukuda, Ponder & B. A. Marshall, 2006 (‘Julie’s assiminea’)

Synonym(s): julieae Fukuda, Ponder & Marshall, 2006.

Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives intertidally on mud, in sheltered environments. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single record from the northwest coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Assimineidae
Subfamily: Assimineinae
Genus: Suterilla

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