Rissoinidae: Zebinella elegantula (Angas, 1880) (‘elegant rice-shell’)
Synonym(s): elegantula Angas, 1880.
Typical shell-length 7.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore under rocks and stones. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
A-L Localities for Zebinella elegantula
Bangor:Lagoon Bay
Beechford: foreshore
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Blackmans Bay
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Barren Island: Bungs Beach
Cape Barren Island: Thunder & Lightning Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Ulverstone
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Logan Lagoon
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Whitemark Beach
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Surprise Bay
Leith: Lillico Beach
Little Peggs Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Low Head: East Beach
Lulworth: Tam O’Shanter Bay
M-Z Localities for Zebinella elegantula
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Return Point
Narawntapu: Bakers Point & Springlawn Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Penguin (unlocalised)
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay: middle rocks
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Seymour Beach: northern end
Somerset: foreshore
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Croppies Point
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
Tinderbox Beach
Trial Harbour area
Turners Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Waterhouse Point
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Woolnorth: Valley Bay
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff
