Beerbarrel Beach, St Helens Point
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of St Helens, and at latitude 41.2828 (S), longitude 148.3571 (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.

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Acrosterigma cygnorum (oblique cockle) (SJG)

Venericardia amabilis (likeable false-cockle) (SJG)

Eucrassatella kingicola (King Island thickshell-clam) (SJG)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG)

Callista kingii (King’s callista) (SJG)

Irus carditoides (cardita-like boring-venus) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (SJG)

Cantharidella picturata (painted kelp-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea porcata (striped top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus aloysii (Saint Aloysius’ top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG)

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

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

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

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

Ranella australasia australasia (Australasian rock-whelk) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Fusinus novaehollandiae (New Holland spindle-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Dentimargo mayii (May’s margin-shell) (SJG)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (SJG)

Haustrum vinosum (purple-mouthed rock-shell) (SJG)

Agnewia tritoniformis (triton-like rock-shell) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (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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