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) Triphoridae - Triphorinae       Step up a level to genus Bouchetriphora Marshall, 1983

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Bouchetriphora pallida (Pease, 1870) - “pallid sinistral-creeper”  

Synonym(s): pallida Pease, 1870 infelix Webster, 1906 angasi leuca Verco, 1909 glaciala Laseron, 1954 albomicra Laseron, 1958.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



Image(s)
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Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: improbable.       Substrate: among sponges.      Depth-range: intertidally to offshore.      Tasmanian distribution: mainly in the north - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA      Global range: southern and eastern Australia; Pacific

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 7.7 mm.

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