Clifton Beach (W end)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Clifton Beach, and at latitude 42.9944 (S), longitude 147.5234 (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.

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (SJG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus albicostatus (white-sided horse-mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Panopea australis (southern gaper) (SJG)

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (SJG)

Periploma angasi (Angas’ lantern-shell) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (SJG)

Venericardia bimaculata (splashed false-cockle) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Divalucina cumingi (v-marked lucine) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (SJG)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (SJG)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (SJG)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (SJG)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin) (SJG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (SJG)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (SJG)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (SJG)

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

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (SJG)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (SJG)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (SJG)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (SJG)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG)

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

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Colpospira australis (southern screw-shell) (SJG)

Gazameda gunnii (Gunn’s screw-shell) (SJG)

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

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (SJG)

Sigapatella hedleyi (Hedley’s shelf-limpet) (SJG)

Umbilia hesitata (umbilicated cowrie) (OTHER)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG, OTHER)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (SJG, OTHER)

Notocypraea subcarnea (plump cowrie) (OTHER)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (SJG)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (SJG)

Polinices controversa (Tasmanian sand-snail) (SJG)

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum) (SJG)

Cabestana spengleri (Spengler’s rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia eburnea (pink-tipped rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton) (SJG)

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

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (SJG)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (SJG)

Seila albosutura (white-mouthed false-creeper) (SJG)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Tasmeuthria clarkei (Clarke’s whelk) (SJG)

Penion maximus (great whelk) (SJG)

Cumia mestayerae (Mestayer’s whelk) (SJG)

Pseudamycla miltostoma (milky-mouthed dove-shell) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

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

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Cancellaria lactea (milky nutmeg-shell) (SJG)

Etrema bicolor (bicoloured false-turrid) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

Guraleus mitralis (mitre-like false-turrid) (SJG)

Guraleus tasmanicus (Tasmanian false-turrid) (SJG)

Duplicaria ustulata (scorched auger) (SJG)

Hastula brazieri (Brazier’s auger) (SJG)

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid) (SJG)

Epidirona philipineri (Philipiner’s turrid) (SJG)

Austroginella formicula (ant-like margin-shell) (SJG)

Austroginella muscaria (fly-like margin-shell) (SJG)

Mesoginella turbinata (top-shaped margin-shell) (SJG)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (SJG)

Mitra glabra (smooth mitre) (SJG)

Coralliophila wilsoni (Wilson’s coral-snail) (SJG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG)

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (SJG)

Prototyphis angasi (Angas’ murex) (SJG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (SJG)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (SJG)

Belloliva leucozona (white-zoned olive) (SJG)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (SJG)

Adamnestia arachis (spireless peanut-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (SJG)

Trimusculus conicus (conical lung-limpet) (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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