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) Muricidae - Typhinae       Step up a level to genus Prototyphis Ponder, 1972

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Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863) - “Angas murex-shell”  

Synonym(s): angasi Crosse, 1863 eos Hutton, 1873 zonatus Tenison Woods, 1877.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



Image(s)
Figures a-b: 26 mm, Blackmans Bay, Tas (S). Figures c-d: 16 mm, Blackmans Bay, Tas (S). Figures e-f: 17 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N). Figure g: 4 mm, Taroona, Tas (S).

Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: frequent.       Substrate: under rocks or stones.      Depth-range: in the shallow subtidal.      Tasmanian distribution: insufficiently documented - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA      Global range: southern Australia and NZ

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 20 mm.

Compare with:

Pterochelus triformis