Duck River mouth, Smithton
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Smithton, and at latitude 40.8382 (S), longitude 145.1225 (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)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (MHR)

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

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

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (MHR)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (MHR)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (MHR)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (MHR)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (MHR)

Colpospira australis (southern screw-shell) (MHR)

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

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (MHR)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (MHR)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (MHR)

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

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

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

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (MHR)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (MHR)

Cancellaria granosa (grainy nutmeg-shell) (MHR)

Duplicaria ustulata (scorched auger) (MHR)

Mitra glabra (smooth mitre) (MHR)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (MHR)

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (MHR)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (MHR)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (MHR)

Ericusa papillosa (nippled volute) (MHR)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (MHR)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (MHR)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (MHR)

Phallomedusa solida (solid air-breather) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove air-breather) (QVMAG)




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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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