Croppies Point
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Waterhouse, and at latitude 40.8506 (S), longitude 147.5949 (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.

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (MHR)

Glycymeris grayana (Gray’s dog-cockle) (MHR)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (MHR)

Tucetona flabellata (fan-like dog-cockle) (MHR)

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

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (MHR)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Pratulum thetidis (thetis cockle) (MHR)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (MHR)

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

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Cadulus vincentianus (Vincentian tusk-shell) (MHR)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (MHR)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (MHR)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (MHR)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

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

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell) (MHR)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (MHR)

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

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (MHR)

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

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (MHR)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Cancellaria granosa (grainy nutmeg-shell) (MHR)

Cancellaria purpuriformis (grooved nutmeg-shell) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

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

Guraleus pictus (painted false-turrid) (MHR)

Duplicaria ustulata (scorched auger) (MHR)

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid) (MHR)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (MHR)

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

Austroginella tasmanica (Tasmanian margin-shell) (MHR)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (MHR)

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

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (MHR)

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (MHR)

Muricopsis umbilicatus (umbilicated murex) (MHR)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (MHR)

Lyria mitraeformis (mitre-shaped volute) (MHR)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (MHR)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (MHR)

Amalda oblonga (oblong olive) (MHR)

Bulla quoyii (Botany Bay bubble-shell) (MHR)

Philine angasi (Angas’ bubble-shell) (MHR)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (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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