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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ficidae: Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960 (‘good fig-shell’)

Synonym(s): bonus Barnard, 1960.
Typical shell-length 75 mm. Lives in offshore waters on mud. Native. Occurs in eastern Australia (QLD, NSW and TAS); also New Zealand and South Africa.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Thalassocyon

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