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Molluscs of Tasmania

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

Localities for Tasmeuthria kingicola
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