A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Sat Sep 04 08:05:14 Tasmania Standard Time 2010

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Alphabetical list of species epithets, including synonyms           Alphabetical list of species by common name      Alphabetical list of species by common name (group-name first)     

Step up two levels to family (-subfamily) Costellariidae       Step up a level to genus Austromitra Finlay, 1927

Step backwards to previous species: Austropusilla hilum     Step forwards to next species: Austromitra tasmanica

Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845) - “analog ribbed-mitre”  

Synonym(s): analogica Reeve, 1845 cinnamomea A. Adams, 1855 vincta A. Adams, 1855 scalariformis Tenison Woods, 1876 scita Tenison Woods, 1876 teresiae Tenison Woods, 1876 schomburghi Angas, 1878 legrandi Tenison Woods, 1878 weldii Tenison Woods, 1878 tatei Angas, 1879 retrocurvata Verco, 1909 bellapicta Verco, 1909 pumilio May, 1916 jaffaensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



Image(s)
Figures a-b: 11 mm, Freycinet Peninsula, Tas (E) . Figures c-d: 9 mm, Low Head, Tas (N). Figures e-f: 8 mm, Bellingham, Tas (N). Figure g: 10 mm, Ulverstone, Tas (N). Figure h: 10 mm, Woodbridge, Tas (S). Figure i: 11 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figure j: 9 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figure k: 5 mm, Seymour Beach, Tas (E). Figure l: 2.5 mm, Taroona, Tas (S).

Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: common.       Substrate: among rocks, stones, macroalgae, seagrasses etc..      Depth-range: in the shallow subtidal.      Tasmanian distribution: all round the coast - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA      Global range: southern and eastern Australia

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 18 mm.

Compare with:

Austromitra tasmanica

Microvoluta australis

Waimatea obscura