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Costellariidae: Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845) ('analog ribbed-mitre')
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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.
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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). |
Typical shell-length 15 mm. Shell very variable in colour and sculpture: may be entirely pale or dark, or banded, and may be smooth or heavily ribbed. Some forms resemble a Mitrella, but bear columellar folds. Lives subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed.
Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmania this is a widespread species, but uncommon as a beached shell except in the N.
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