Orielton Lagoon (unlocalised)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Sorell, and at latitude 42.7849 (S), longitude 147.5395 (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) (TMAG)

Limnoperna securis (axe-head mussel) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (TMAG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (TMAG)

Laternula rostrata (Tasmanian lantern-shell) (TMAG)

Arthritica helmsi (Helm’s lepton) (TMAG)

Spisula trigonella (triangular trough-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (TMAG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (TMAG)

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (TMAG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (TMAG)

Batillariella estuarina (estuarine mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (TMAG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (TMAG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (TMAG)

Cryptassiminea buccinoides (whelk-like assiminea) (TMAG)

Hydrococcus brazieri (Brazier’s hydrococcus) (TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (TMAG)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove air-breather) (TMAG)

Phytia myosotis (European air-breather) (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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