Anabathridae: Genus Pisinna Monterosato, 1878 - “false rice-shells”
In Tasmania, this genus includes 16 species, as follows:

Pisinna approxima (approximate false rice-shell)

Pisinna bicolor (bicoloured false rice-shell)

Pisinna circumlabra (circumlabra false rice-shell)

Pisinna costata (Hoggart’s false rice-shell)

Pisinna dubitabilis (doubtful false rice-shell)

Pisinna flindersii (Flinders’ false rice-shell)

Pisinna frenchiensis (French false rice-shell)

Pisinna kershawi (Kershaw’s false rice-shell)

Pisinna labrotoma (labrotoma false rice-shell)

Pisinna megastoma (wide-mouthed false rice-shell)

Pisinna nitida (shining false rice-shell)

Pisinna oblata (exposed false rice-shell)

Pisinna olivacea (olivaceous false rice-shell)

Pisinna tasmanica (Tasmanian false rice-shell)

Pisinna tumida (swollen false rice-shell)

Pisinna varicifera relata (varix-bearing false rice-shell)





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