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Species Tectonatica shorehami (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)

Elkington Sand Snail, Shoreham Sand Shell

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

 

Common Name References

Cotton, B.C. 1954. Familiy Naticidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 5: 5 pp. [fig. 19] (Elkington Sand Snail, Shoreham Sand Shell)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 NATICIDAE 25-Nov-2013 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
25-Nov-2013 MODIFIED