This larger gastropod has a shell that is medium to light in weight the whorls may be weakly angled with 11 to 15 axial folds and may not be present on the body whorl covered with a brown periostracum over the shell when alive.

At a glance

Habitat Underwater reefs from the low intertidal zone to 220m
Size Can grow to around 160mm
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia from NSW to WA including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia from NSW to WA including around Tasmania
Habitat
Underwater reefs from the low intertidal zone to 220m
Size
Can grow to around 160mm
Common Name New Holland Spindle Shell
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Occurrences shown for the family Fasciolariidae. Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia.

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassCaenogastropoda
SuperorderSorbeoconcha
OrderHypsogastropoda
SuborderNeogastropoda
SuperfamilyBuccinoidea
FamilyFasciolariidae
GenusPropefusus
SpeciesPropefusus novaehollandiae
Synonyms

Synonyms

Fusinus novaehollandiae Reeve, 1848
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