Notched False Limpet

Emarginula candida

Sea Life Endemic IUCN: Not Evaluated

About

The shell has an oval shape that is widest in the centre the apex of the shell is backward pointing there is a slit in the anterior of the shell margin the shell has strrong beaded axial ribs with crossed concentric ribs and it is white in colour

Size

Can grow to around 12mm

Habitat

Lives intertidally and subtidally attached to rocks from the low tide mark to a depth of around 270m

Distribution

Southern Australia from WA to NSW including Tasmania

Local Sightings

1 recorded sighting in and around the area.

References & citations (3)
  1. Des Beechey - The Seashells of New South Wales (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)
  2. Grove, S.J. (2018). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania web-site (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)
  3. The Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)

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