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Cypraeidae - Cypraeovulinae: Notocypraea declivis (Sowerby, 1870) ('freckled cowrie')
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Synonym(s):
declivis Sowerby, 1870
lentiginosa Coen, 1949.
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Figures a-d: 24 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N). Figures e-h: 24 mm, Clifton Beach, Tas (S). |
Typical shell-length 25 mm. Shell outline broad. Dorsum is covered with darker spots when alive but these are readily worn away, often leaving zones of different shades of fawn-brown, while the many small dark spots on the ventral margin tend to persist. Lives subtidally amongst encrusting sea-squirts on rocks.
Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC). In Tasmania this is a widespread and common species, especially in the S.
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