Akaroa foreshore, Georges Bay
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of St Helens, and at latitude 41.2806 (S), longitude 148.3106 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Freycinet bioregion.

Species recorded from this locality

The list below shows the species, listed in taxonomic order, for which there are records from this locality in the database underlying these web-pages. Doubtful records have been excluded. Sources are as follows: SJG - Simon Grove records; TMAG - Tasmanian Museum accesssions; QVMAG - Queen Victoria Museum accessions; MHR - Margaret Richmond records; TMNA - Tasmanian Marine Naturalists Association records; OTHER - other sources.

Solemya australis (southern date-shell) (OTHER)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Laternula rostrata (Tasmanian lantern-shell) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Paphies cuneata (wedge-shaped wedge-shell) (SJG)

Soletellina biradiata (double-rayed sunset-shell) (SJG)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG)

Irus crebrelamellatus (flaky boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia peronii (Peron’s venus) (SJG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (SJG)

Sepia novaehollandiae (New Holland cuttlefish) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite) (SJG)

Batillariella estuarina (estuarine mud-creeper) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG)

Maoricolpus roseus (New Zealand screw-shell) (SJG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)




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Information and disclaimer: The web-pages on this web-site are generated from an underlying database. These can be cited as Grove, S.J. (2011). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania web-site and database respectively. Whilst great care is taken to accurately identify specimens featured on this web-site and to allocate all records to the most appropriate taxonomic names available, no guarantee is offered that all identifications are accurate, nor that the taxa to which they have been allocated are currently valid. Commentaries on habitat, distribution and biology are also subject to change as new information comes to light. If you have any enquiries, or any comments that will help improve the content or appearance of these pages, then please follow the links from 'contact' on the left-hand panel.

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