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Mitridae - Mitrinae: Mitra (Mitra) badia Reeve, 1844 ('dark brown mitre')
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Synonym(s):
badia Reeve, 1844
nigra Reeve, 1844
rhodia Reeve, 1845
castanea A. Adams, 1853
digna A. Adams, 1855
rosettae Angas, 1865
maoria Finlay, 1927
perksi Verco, Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
contermina Iredale, 1936
sinusigera Laseron, 1951.
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Figures a-b: 34 mm, Low Head, Tas (N). Figures c-d: 26 mm, Orford, Tas (E). |
Typical shell-length 40 mm. Shell is uniformly dark, though beached specimens are often worn paler. Lives subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed.
Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmania this is a widespread species; most common in the N.
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