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Molluscs of Tasmania

Cerithiopsidae – Cerithiopsinae: Tubercliopsis quinquepilia (Laseron, 1951) (‘five-stacked false-creeper’)

Synonym(s): quinquepilia Laseron, 1951.

Typical shell-length 4.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW and TAS).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Subfamily: Cerithiopsinae
Genus: Tubercliopsis

Vexitomina
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