This small shell features three three winged varices per whorl. Columella and outer lip of aperture smooth, shell colour variable from uniformly white through pink and orange to dark brown

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Habitat Frequents rocky shores, beneath ledges and rocks, from low tide level to several hundred metres depth.
Size Can grow to around 25mm howeber often only to 15mm
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia from QLD to WA including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia from QLD to WA including around Tasmania
Habitat
Frequents rocky shores, beneath ledges and rocks, from low tide level to several hundred metres depth.
Size
Can grow to around 25mm howeber often only to 15mm
Common Name Angas' Murex
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassCaenogastropoda
SuperorderSorbeoconcha
OrderHypsogastropoda
SuborderNeogastropoda
SuperfamilyMuricoidea
FamilyMuricidae
SubfamilyTripterotyphinae
GenusPrototyphis
SpeciesPrototyphis angasi
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