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Volutomitridae: Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1873) ('magpie volute-mitre')
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Synonym(s):
obscura Hutton, 1873
pica Reeve, 1845.
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Figures a-b: 15 mm, South Bruny Island, Tas (S). |
Typical shell-length 20 mm. Shell surface bears delicate pale marbling or wave-like patterning on the purplish-black background, but this is often worn away in beached specimens, leaving a pattern of large white blotches on brown. Lives subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed.
Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmania this is a widespread species; commoner in the N, and often beached.
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