''Berthelinia typica'' is a

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of sea snail with a

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comprising two separate hinged pieces or

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. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the

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Juliidae Juliidae, common name the bivalved gastropods, is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Juliidae E. A. Smith, ...

.Bouchet, P. (2012). Berthelinia typica (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492596 on 2012-03-09 It was first described as ''Edentellina typica'' in 1911 by Gatliff and Gabriel.

Distribution

The

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for this species is

Port Phillip Port Phillip (Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is completel ...

, Victoria, Australia.Jensen K. R. (November 2007)
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
. '' Bonner zoologische Beiträge'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281. However it is found in

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, and Victoria.

References

External links

Images and detailed description (as ''Edentellina typica'')
Juliidae Gastropods described in 1911 {{Juliidae-stub