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) Cystiscidae - Cystiscinae       Step up a level to genus Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865

Step backwards to previous species: Cystiscus alternans     Step forwards to next species: Cystiscus bucca

Cystiscus angasi (Crosse, 1870) - “Angas margin-shell”  

Synonym(s): angasi Crosse, 1870 minima Petterd, 1884 shorehami Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899 simsoni Tate & May, 1900 ringens May, 1919 erma Cotton, 1944 amphora Laseron, 1948.

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?: frequent.       Substrate: in sand.      Depth-range: in the shallow subtidal to offshore.      Tasmanian distribution: all round the coast - 
view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT      Global range: Australia

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 1.7 mm.

Compare with:

Cystiscus alternans

Cystiscus bucca

Cystiscus connectans

Cystiscus cratericulus

Cystiscus cymbalum

Cystiscus flindersi

Cystiscus freycineti

Cystiscus halli

Cystiscus incertus

Cystiscus indiscretus

Cystiscus minutissimus

Cystiscus obesulus

Cystiscus subauriculatus

Cystiscus thouinensis

Cystiscus tomlinianus

Persicula pulchella