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Molluscs of Tasmania

Lepidomeniidae: Tegulaherpia tasmanica Salvini-Plawen, 1988 (‘Tasmanian aplacophoran’)

Synonym(s): tasmanica Salvini-Plawen, 1988.
Typical body-length 3.7 mm. Lives in offshore waters in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS only). In Tasmanian waters, this species has been recorded from Bass Strait.

Classification

Class: Solenogastres
Subclass: Solenogastres
Order: Neomeniamorpha
Superfamily: Neomeniamorpha – unplaced
Family: Lepidomeniidae
Genus: Tegulaherpia

Vexitomina
locality map

no coastal locality records for this species currently available