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Calyptraeidae: Calyptraea calyptraeformis Lamarck, 1822 ('common shelf-limpet')
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Synonym(s):
calyptraeformis Lamarck, 1822
tomentosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1835.
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Figures a-c: 17 mm, Cremorne, Tas (S). Figure d: 19 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N). Figure c: 4 mm, Stanley, Tas (N). |
Typical shell-length 25 mm. Members of this family have an internal shelf or ledge on the underside, representing the shell’s true aperture. In this species, the periostracum is persistent but eventually wears off empty shells. Whorls convex, spire asymmetrical. Lives subtidally atttached to stones and the shells of living molluscs, especially in sheltered environments.
Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmania this is a widespread and often common species.
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