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Molluscs of Tasmania

Muricidae – Typhinae: Typhis phillipensis Watson, 1883 (‘Port Philip murex’)

Synonym(s): phillipensis Watson, 1883.
Typical shell-length 15 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC). In Tasmanian waters, this is an offshore species, known only from deep waters off the E and S coast.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Typhinae
Genus: Typhis

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locality map

no coastal locality records for this species currently available

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