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Cypraeidae - Cypraeovulinae: Notocypraea subcarnea (Beddome, 1896) ('plump cowrie')
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Synonym(s):
subcarnea Beddome, 1896.
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Figures a-d: 26 mm, Earlham, Tas (E). Figures e-h: 18 mm, Marion Bay, Tas (E). |
Typical shell-length 20 mm. Shell outline very broad. Dorsum uniformly pale, with no trace of darker bands; ventral margin bears very few spots, all of which are large, blurred and relatively pale. Beached shells usually very worn. Lives subtidally amongst encrusting sea-squirts on rocks.
Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and perhaps VIC). In Tasmania this is a widespread but rare speciese, least so in the SE.
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