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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ranellidae – Cymatiinae: Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828) (‘lipped rock-whelk’)

Synonym(s): labiosus Wood, 1828.
Typical shell-length 39 mm. Lives subtidally. Native. Occurs in eastern and western Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this species is currently known only from a single locality in the Kent Group.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Turritriton

Vexitomina
locality map

no coastal locality records for this species currently available