''Tasmatica'', common name necklace shells, is a

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Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family a ...

, the moon snails or necklace shells.

Species

* '' Tasmatica modestina'' Ludbrook, 1958 * '' Tasmatica schoutanica'' (May, 1912) - synonym: ''Notocochlis schoutanica diatheca'' Iredale, 1936 * '' Tasmatica sticta'' (Verco, 1909)Global Names Index: Tasmatica
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References

* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962, ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''(p. 57), Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.

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Naticidae Taxa named by Harold John Finlay {{Naticidae-stub