Truncatellidae – Truncatellinae: Truncatella (Truncatella) scalarina Cox, 1867 (‘laddered truncatella’)
Synonym(s): scalarina Cox, 1867 brazieri Cox, 1868 tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 micra Tenison-Woods, 1878.
Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives high on the shore amongst strand-line debris. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW and TAS). In Tasmanian waters, this species is most common around Flinders Island but also found along the N and E coasts.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Truncatellidae
Subfamily: Truncatellinae
Genus: Truncatella
Localities for Truncatella scalarina
Blackman Bay: near mouth of Blackman Rivulet
Black River Beach: southern end
Cape Barren Island: Battery Bay
Cape Barren Island: Bungs Beach
Cape Barren Island: Thunder & Lightning Bay
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clayton: foreshore
Dunalley (unlocalised)
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Badger Corner
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Watering Beach
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Leeka: West End Beach
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Parrys Bay: Double Corner
Flinders Island: Sawyers Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Whitemark Beach
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
King Island (unlocalised)
Leith: Lillico Beach
Low Head: East Beach
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Pipers Head
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tasmania (unlocalised)