Millingtons Beach, Orford
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Orford, and at latitude 42.5641 (S), longitude 147.8799 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Freycinet 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.

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus albicostatus (white-sided horse-mussel) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG, TMNA)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG, TMNA)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (SJG, TMNA)

Cleidothaerus albidus (white rock-clam) (TMAG)

Laternula rostrata (Tasmanian lantern-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Divalucina cumingi (v-marked lucine) (SJG, TMNA)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG, TMAG, TMNA)

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

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG, TMNA)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (SJG, TMNA)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG, TMAG, TMNA)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG, TMNA)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (SJG, TMNA)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (SJG, TMNA)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG, TMNA)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG, TMNA)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG, TMNA)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

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

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

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

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

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG, TMAG, TMNA)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (TMNA)

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

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG)

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

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

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

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG, TMNA)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG, TMAG, TMNA)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (TMNA)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (SJG, TMAG, TMNA)

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, TMNA)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (TMNA)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG, TMNA)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG, TMNA)

Austroginella muscaria (fly-like margin-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG, TMAG)

Haustrum vinosum (purple-mouthed rock-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (TMAG, TMNA)




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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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