Fossil Cove, Tinderbox
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Tinderbox, and at latitude 43.0244 (S), longitude 147.3336 (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.

Chiton glaucus (green chiton) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Maoricolpus roseus (New Zealand screw-shell) (SJG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (SJG)

Cabestana spengleri (Spengler’s rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton) (SJG)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (SJG)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (SJG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (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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