Northdown Beach
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Wesley Vale, and at latitude 41.1496 (S), longitude 146.4929 (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)

Limatula strangei (Strange’s file-shell) (MHR)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (MHR)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

Pseudarcopagia victoriae (Victorian tellin) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (TMAG, MHR)

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

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Venerupis galactites (milk-stone venus) (MHR)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra chapmani (Chapman’s limpet) (MHR)

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

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (MHR)

Haliotis scalaris emmae (Emma’s abalone) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (MHR)

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (MHR)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (MHR)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (MHR)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (MHR)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (MHR)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (MHR)

Sassia eburnea (pink-tipped rock-whelk) (MHR)

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (MHR)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (MHR)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (MHR)

Serpulorbis sipho (common worm-shell) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (MHR)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (MHR)

Fusinus novaehollandiae (New Holland spindle-shell) (TMAG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (MHR)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Cancellaria granosa (grainy nutmeg-shell) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Guraleus alucinans (dreaming false-turrid) (MHR)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (MHR)

Mitra glabra (smooth mitre) (MHR)

Chicoreus denudatus (denuded murex) (MHR)

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (MHR)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (MHR)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (MHR)

Philine angasi (Angas’ bubble-shell) (TMAG)




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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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