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Molluscs of Tasmania

Naticidae – Naticinae: Tectonatica shorehami (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900) (‘Shoreham’s necklace-shell’)

Synonym(s): shorehami Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900.
Typical shell-length 5.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Tectonatica

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