Fortescue Bay
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Fortescue Bay, and at latitude 43.1422 (S), longitude 147.9619 (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.

Callistochiton mawlei (Mawle’s beautiful chiton) (TMAG)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (TMAG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (MHR)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (TMNA)

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

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG, TMAG)

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

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG, TMNA)

Lepton trigonale (angular lepton) (TMAG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (TMNA)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (TMNA)

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

Petricola rubiginosa (ruddy crypt-dweller) (TMAG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (MHR)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (MHR)

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

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (SJG)

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish) (SJG)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet) (TMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (TMAG, TMNA)

Scutellastra chapmani (Chapman’s limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG, MHR)

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (SJG)

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

Incisura remota (remote slit-shell) (TMAG)

Cantharidella tiberiana (tiberian kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Gibbula hisseyiana (Hisseyian kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (TMNA)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG, TMAG)

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

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

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (SJG)

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

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

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Brookula crebresculpta (engraved false-top-shell) (TMAG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG, TMAG)

Stephopoma nucleocostata (ribbed-centred worm-shell) (SJG)

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

Maoricolpus roseus (New Zealand screw-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Eatoniella melanochroma (blackish eaton-shell) (TMAG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (TMAG)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (SJG)

Epitonium minorum (lesser wentletrap) (SJG)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG)

Pisinna frenchiensis (French false rice-shell) (TMAG)

Alvania fasciata (banded rice-shell) (TMAG)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (TMAG)

Merelina cheilostoma (lipped rice-shell) (TMAG)

Charonia lampas rubicunda (reddish rock-whelk) (SJG)

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

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton) (TMAG)

Ranella australasia australasia (Australasian rock-whelk) (SJG, TMAG)

Petaloconchus caperatus (captured worm-shell) (SJG)

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

Tasmeuthria clarkei (Clarke’s whelk) (SJG)

Gatliffena fenestrata (windowed dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (SJG)

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

Cancellaria lactea (milky nutmeg-shell) (SJG)

Zenepos minuta (minute false-turrid) (TMAG)

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid) (SJG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (SJG)

Austroginella formicula (ant-like margin-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (SJG)

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

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (SJG)

Belloliva leucozona (white-zoned olive) (TMAG)

Philippia lutea (yellow sundial-shell) (SJG)

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

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Siphonaria tasmanica (blue siphon-shell) (TMAG, TMNA)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather) (SJG)




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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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