What's been spotted in Tasmania?

Monoplex parthenopeum (Hairy rock-whelk)

Seashells on Marion Bay beach, including a hairy rock-whelk Monoplex parthenopeum in the left foreground

The sighting

Spotted by	Simon Grove
Region	Tasmania
Sighted on	3 Mar 2016

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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Why is this sighting important?

Rare/cryptic

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