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Cancellariidae - Cancellariinae: Cancellaria (Sydaphera) lactea Deshayes, 1830 ('milky nutmeg-shell')
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Synonym(s):
lactea Deshayes, 1830
laevigata Sowerby, 1832.
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Figures a-b: 27 mm, Eddystone Point, Tas (E). Figures c-d: 33 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N). Figures e-f: 20 mm, Binalong Bay, Tas (E). |
Typical shell-length 25 mm. Shell usually heavily thickened; beached shells are often worn. Lives subtidally amongst seaweed and seagrass.
Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmania this is a widespread species, and the only one likely to be encountered as beached shells in the S.
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