Batillaria australis

Batillaria australis, the Australian mud whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae.^[1]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:incertae sedis

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Batillaria australis
Shell of Batillaria australis (museum specimen)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Batillariidae
Genus:	Batillaria
Species:	B. australis
Binomial name
Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
Cerithidea alternata Hutton, 1873 Cerithium alternatum Hutton, 1873 (synonym & homonym) Cerithium australe Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (original combination) Velacumantus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

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The species occurs along the coasts of Australia.^[2]