Foochow Inlet, Flinders Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Flinders Island, and at latitude 39.8992 (S), longitude 148.1219 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Flinders 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)

Barbatia reticulata (scaly ark-shell) (MHR)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (MHR)

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

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (MHR)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Cleidothaerus albidus (white rock-clam) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Venericardia rosulenta (rosy false-cockle) (MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

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

Bassina pachyphylla (faintly-frilled venus) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Tawera lagopus (banded venus) (MHR)

Dosinia crocea (yellowish dosinia) (MHR)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (MHR)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (MHR)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Haliotis scalaris emmae (Emma’s abalone) (MHR)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (MHR)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (MHR)

Turbo gruneri (Gruner’s turban) (MHR)

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (MHR)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (TMAG)

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

Haminoea maugeansis (little bubble-shell) (MHR)

Liloa brevis (short bubble-shell) (MHR)

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

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (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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