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Malleidae: Vulsella spongiarum Lamarck, 1819 ('common sponge-finger')
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Synonym(s):
spongiarum Lamarck, 1819
ovata Lamarck, 1819
limaeformis Reeve, 1858
lingua-felis ex parte Reeve, 1858
rudis Reeve, 1858
tasmanica Reeve, 1858
minor Dunker, 1875.
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Figures a-c: 45 mm, Mayfield, Tas (E). Figure d: total length 28 mm, embedded in sponge, Somerset, Tas (N). Figures e-f: 8 mm, Taroona, Tas (S). |
Typical shell-length 50 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore embedded in sponges.
Occurs all around Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT); not recorded elsewhere. In Tasmania this is a widespread and common species, particularly in the N where the shells tend to be larger.
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