Mersey River (unlocalised), Devonport
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Devonport, and at latitude 41.1661 (S), longitude 146.366 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Boags 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)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (MHR)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (TMAG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Spondylus tenellus (slender thorny-oyster) (MHR)

Barnea obturamentum (tongue-shaped angel-wing) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (TMAG)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (MHR)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (MHR)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (MHR)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (MHR)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (TMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (MHR)

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

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR)

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

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (MHR)

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

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (MHR)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

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

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (MHR)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (MHR)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (MHR)

Melanella orthopleura (orthopleura urchin-snail) (TMAG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (MHR)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (MHR)

Pisinna costata (Hoggart’s false rice-shell) (TMAG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (TMAG)

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (TMAG, MHR)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (MHR)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (MHR)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (TMAG, MHR)

Penion maximus (great whelk) (MHR)

Mitrella austrina (southern dove-shell) (TMAG)

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell) (MHR)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (TMAG)

Mitrella tenuis (white-based dove-shell) (MHR)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (MHR)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (TMAG, MHR)

Nassarius pauper (pauper dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (TMAG, MHR)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Guraleus pictus (painted false-turrid) (MHR)

Macteola anomala (anomalous false-turrid) (TMAG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (TMAG)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (TMAG, MHR)

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

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (MHR)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (TMAG)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (MHR)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (MHR)

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




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