Select Page
Molluscs of Tasmania

Thraciidae: Thraciopsis (Thraciopsis) elongata (Stutchbury, 1830) (‘elongate thracia’)

Synonym(s): elongata Stutchbury, 1830 elegantula Angas, 1867.
Typical shell-length 15 mm. Lives subtidally in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Pholadomyoida
Superfamily: Thracioidea
Family: Thraciidae
Genus: Thraciopsis

Vexitomina
Vexitomina
locality map