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Molluscs of Tasmania

Glycymerididae: Tucetona gealei (Angas, 1873) (‘Geale’s dog-cockle’)

Synonym(s): gealei Angas, 1873 hoylei superior Iredale, 1939.
Typical shell-length 30 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Arcoida
Superfamily: Limopsoidea
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona

Localities for Tucetona gealei
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