Boat Harbour Beach, Boat Harbour (unlocalised)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Boat Harbour, and at latitude 40.9294 (S), longitude 145.6182 (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.

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (QVMAG, TMNA)

Eudoxochiton inornata (plain chiton) (QVMAG)

Alaba translucida (translucent alaba) (SJG, QVMAG)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG, TMNA)

Ischnochiton lineolatus (lined chiton) (SJG)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (QVMAG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (QVMAG)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG)

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

Mitrella tenuis (white-based dove-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG, QVMAG, TMNA)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG, QVMAG, TMNA)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (QVMAG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (TMNA)

Onchidella nigricans (limpet-like sea-slug) (SJG)

Eatoniella pellucida (transparent eaton-shell) (QVMAG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG, QVMAG)

Phasianotrochus rutilis (pink-tipped kelp-shell) (QVMAG)

Eatoniella melanochroma (blackish eaton-shell) (QVMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (QVMAG)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (TMNA)

Cryptoplax striata (streaky fleshy-chiton) (SJG, QVMAG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (QVMAG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (QVMAG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Puncturella kesteveni (Kesteven’s notch-limpet) (SJG, QVMAG, TMNA)

Mitrella leucostoma (white-mouthed dove-shell) (SJG)

Vaceuchelus profundior (deepwater top-shell) (SJG)

Amblychilepas nigrita (black keyhole-limpet) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (QVMAG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (QVMAG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG, QVMAG)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (SJG, QVMAG)

Alvania fasciata (banded rice-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG, TMNA)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (QVMAG)

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (QVMAG)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (QVMAG)

Pisinna frenchiensis (French false rice-shell) (QVMAG)

Pisinna kershawi (Kershaw’s false rice-shell) (QVMAG)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (SJG, QVMAG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (QVMAG)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell) (SJG, QVMAG, TMNA)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Ischnochiton cariosus (decayed chiton) (QVMAG)

Ischnochiton elongatus elongatus (lengthened chiton) (QVMAG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG, QVMAG)

Merelina cheilostoma (lipped rice-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (QVMAG)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (QVMAG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (QVMAG)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (SJG, QVMAG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (SJG, QVMAG)

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

Eatoniella puniceolinea (puniceolineate eaton-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG, QVMAG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (QVMAG)

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

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (QVMAG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (QVMAG)




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