Lobster Point
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Nubeena, and at latitude 42.9613 (S), longitude 147.6703 (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.

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (SJG)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (SJG)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

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

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

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

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Mitrella leucostoma (white-mouthed dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common 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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