Back Beach, Devonport
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Devonport, and at latitude 41.1615 (S), longitude 146.352 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Boags 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.

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (MHR)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (MHR)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Barnea obturamentum (tongue-shaped angel-wing) (MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra chapmani (Chapman’s limpet) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (MHR)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (MHR)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (MHR)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (MHR)




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