Big Possum Beach, Port Arthur
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Port Arthur, and at latitude 43.1582 (S), longitude 147.8519 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Bruny 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.

Limaria orientalis (oriental file-shell) (OTHER)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (OTHER)

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (OTHER)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (OTHER)

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

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (OTHER)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (OTHER)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (OTHER)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (OTHER)

Phasianella australis (painted-lady pheasant-shell) (OTHER)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (OTHER)

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

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (OTHER)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (OTHER)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (OTHER)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (OTHER)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (OTHER)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (OTHER)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (OTHER)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (OTHER)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (OTHER)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (OTHER)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (OTHER)

Mitrella lincolnensis (Port Lincoln dove-shell) (OTHER)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (OTHER)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (OTHER)

Prototyphis angasi (Angas’ murex) (OTHER)




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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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