Little Possum Beach, Port Arthur
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Port Arthur, and at latitude 43.1628 (S), longitude 147.8558 (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.

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Condylocardia pectinata (combed condyl-clam) (SJG)

Neolepton planilirata (flat-grooved neolepton) (SJG)

Arthritica helmsi (Helm’s lepton) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

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

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (SJG)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (SJG)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG)

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

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG, OTHER)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (OTHER)

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

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite) (OTHER)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite) (OTHER)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG)

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

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (SJG)

Hydrococcus brazieri (Brazier’s hydrococcus) (SJG)

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

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Anachis interrupta (interrupted dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella lincolnensis (Port Lincoln dove-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Turbonilla acicularis (needle-like pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Turbonilla mariae (Maria’s pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Retusa atkinsoni (Atkinson’s canoe-shell) (SJG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG, OTHER)

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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