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Molluscs of Tasmania

Cerithiopsidae – Cerithiopsinae: Trituba epallaxa (Verco, 1909) (‘epallaxa false-creeper’)

Synonym(s): epallaxa Verco, 1909.

Typical shell-length 9.5 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to southern Australia (TAS and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Subfamily: Newtoniellinae
Genus: Trituba

Vexitomina
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