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  Pyrazus Ebeninus

    Hercules Club Mud Whelk

Alexandra Russell (2014)

                                         

 

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Summary


Physical Description


Ecology


Life History & Behaviour


Feeding Behavior


Anatomy & Physiology


Glossary of Gastropod Anatomy


Internal Anatomy


Muscular Foot Strength


Nociceptive Behavior


Evolution & Systematics


Biogeographic Distribution


Conservation & Threats


Human Interaction


Names & Taxonomy


References & Links

Biogeographic distribution 

The Pyrazus ebeninus are localized to estuarine mudflats and mangrove swamps. As the species is endemic to Australia, it is typically found along the eastern coast of Australia. (Ozawa et al. 2009) The species is also considered to have been found in Tasmania based on sub fossil evidence found of P. ebeninus shells on northwest beaches (Fig. 1; Groves 2011). 


Figure 1: The distribution of P. ebeninus indicated by blue dots along the E. Australian coastline. 
Source: Atlas of Living Australia http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ac148ec9-a9e1-447e-b5d2-36b75cdc7e65

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