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Buccinidae - Buccininae: Cominella (Cominella) lineolata (Lamarck, 1809) ('lined whelk')
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Synonym(s):
lineolata Lamarck, 1809
pluriannulata Reeve, 1846
lacteum Reeve, 1847
lineare Reeve, 1847.
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Figures a-b: 27 mm, Bridport, Tas (N). Figure c: 24 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figure d: 32 mm, Snug, Tas (S). Figure e: 24 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figure f: 30 mm, Eaglehawk Neck, Tas (S). Figure g: 25 mm, Green's Beach, Tas (N). Figure h: 20 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N) . Figure i: 16 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N). |
Typical shell-length 30 mm. Very variable in colouration: off-white to dark grey, with or without intermittent black spiral lines or spots. Also variable in shape: squat and smooth or tall-spired with nodulose shoulders. Lives intertidally and subtidally on rocks, sand and mudLives intertidally and subtidally on rocks, sand and mud.
Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmania this is a widespread and often abundant species.
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