Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Coles Bay, and at latitude 42.1254 (S), longitude 148.2963 (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.

Acanthochitona sueurii (Lesueur’s chiton) (TMAG)

Rhyssoplax diaphora (diaphorous chiton) (TMAG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton subviridis (greenish chiton) (TMAG)

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (QVMAG)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (TMAG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (TMAG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (TMAG, MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (TMAG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (TMAG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (TMAG, MHR)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (TMAG)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Cleidothaerus albidus (white rock-clam) (TMAG)

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

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (QVMAG, MHR)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (TMAG)

Epicodakia tatei (Tate’s lucine) (TMAG, MHR)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (TMAG)

Diplodonta tasmanica (Tasmanian globe-shell) (MHR)

Mactra jacksonensis (Port Jackson trough-shell) (TMAG)

Spisula trigonella (triangular trough-shell) (QVMAG)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (TMAG)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (TMAG)

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

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (TMAG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (TMAG, MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Timoclea cardioides (cockle-like venus) (TMAG)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (TMAG, MHR)

Irus carditoides (cardita-like boring-venus) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (QVMAG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (TMAG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet) (QVMAG)

Notoacmea corrodenda (corroding limpet) (QVMAG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (QVMAG)

Notoacmea mayi (May’s limpet) (QVMAG)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet) (QVMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Phasianella australis (painted-lady pheasant-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (TMAG, MHR)

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (MHR)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (MHR)

Herpetopoma scabriuscula (rough top-shell) (TMAG)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (QVMAG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Fossarina petterdi (Petterd’s fossarina) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

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

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

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

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

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

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (TMAG, MHR)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (TMAG)

Batillariella estuarina (estuarine mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (QVMAG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (TMAG, MHR)

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

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

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (MHR)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (MHR)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (TMAG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (TMAG, MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (TMAG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (TMAG, MHR)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (TMAG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (TMAG)

Cabestana spengleri (Spengler’s rock-whelk) (TMAG, MHR)

Sassia bassi (Bassian rock-whelk) (TMAG)

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (TMAG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (TMAG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Fax tenuicostata (thin-ribbed whelk) (QVMAG)

Mitrella austrina (southern dove-shell) (TMAG)

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

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell) (QVMAG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (TMAG, MHR)

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid) (TMAG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (TMAG)

Austroginella muscaria (fly-like margin-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (TMAG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (TMAG)

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

Dermomurex goldsteini (Goldstein’s murex) (TMAG)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Litozamia petterdi (Petterd’s trophon) (TMAG)

Prototyphis angasi (Angas’ murex) (QVMAG)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (TMAG)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (TMAG)

Turbonilla mariae (Maria’s pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

Adamnestia arachis (spireless peanut-shell) (TMAG)

Aphelodoris greeni (Green’s sea-lemon) (TMAG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather) (TMAG)

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




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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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