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Title: The Mollusca of Funafuti, Part 1.

Author: Charles Hedley

In: The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.

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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.

Hlpponyx Australis, Quoy

Hlpponyx Australis, Quoy.

Tryon, op. cit., p. 136, pl. xli., figs. 9-15.

Only found alive as a commensal on the opercula of the large Pteroceras.

Tryon cites this from Fiji and New Guinea, and Melvill and Standen from Lifu. It is in this Museum from Torres Straits.