Connellys Bay, Primrose Sands
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Primrose Sands, and at latitude 42.8867 (S), longitude 147.722 (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.

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel) (MHR)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

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

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

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

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (SJG)

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

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (SJG, MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (SJG)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG)

Soletellina alba (white sunset-shell) (SJG)

Soletellina biradiata (double-rayed sunset-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG, MHR)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (SJG, MHR)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG, MHR)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (MHR)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG, MHR)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Notoacmea alta (tall limpet) (MHR)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (MHR)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG, MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

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

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

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG, MHR)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG, MHR)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG, MHR)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG, MHR)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG, MHR)

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

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, MHR)

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

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG, MHR)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (SJG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (SJG)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (SJG)

Phallomedusa solida (solid air-breather) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG, MHR)




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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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