Buccinidae – Buccininae: Tasmeuthria kingicola (Tate & May, 1900) (‘King Island whelk’)
Synonym(s): kingicola Tate & May, 1900.
Typical shell-length 20 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Tasmeuthria