Oyster Bay (unlocalised), Maria Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Maria Island, and at latitude 42.6629 (S), longitude 148.0378 (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.

Pronucula pusilla (tiny nutlet-shell) (TMAG)

Micromytilus crenatuliferus (scalloped micromussel) (TMAG)

Limnoperna securis (axe-head mussel) (TMAG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (TMAG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (TMAG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (TMAG)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (TMAG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (TMAG)

Myochama anomioides (saddle myochama) (TMAG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (TMAG)

Condylocardia limaeformis (file-like condyl-clam) (TMAG)

Condylocardia pectinata (combed condyl-clam) (TMAG)

Eucrassatella kingicola (King Island thickshell-clam) (TMAG)

Legrandina bernardi (Bernard’s legrandina) (TMAG)

Arthritica helmsi (Helm’s lepton) (TMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (TMAG)

Lepton trigonale (angular lepton) (TMAG)

Myllita tasmanica (Tasmanian myllita) (TMAG)

Mysella donaciformis (wedge-shaped lepton) (TMAG)

Epicodakia tatei (Tate’s lucine) (TMAG, MHR)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (TMAG)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (TMAG)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (TMAG)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (TMAG)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (TMAG)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (TMAG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (TMAG)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (TMAG)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (TMAG)

Callista kingii (King’s callista) (TMAG)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (TMAG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (TMAG)

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

Hemitoma subemarginata (giant notch-limpet) (TMAG)

Gibbula hisseyiana (Hisseyian kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (TMAG)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (TMAG)

Batillariella estuarina (estuarine mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (TMAG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (TMAG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (TMAG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (TMAG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (TMAG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (TMAG)

Anabathron contabulatum (boarded false rice-shell) (TMAG)

Badepigrus pupoides (chrysalis-like false rice-shell) (TMAG)

Pisinna frenchiensis (French false rice-shell) (TMAG)

Cryptassiminea buccinoides (whelk-like assiminea) (TMAG)

Hydrococcus brazieri (Brazier’s hydrococcus) (TMAG)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (TMAG)

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (TMAG)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (TMAG)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (TMAG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (TMAG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (TMAG)

Anachis atkinsoni (Atkinson’s dove-shell) (TMAG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (TMAG)

Odostomia mayii (May’s pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

Syrnola bifasciata (two-banded pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

Cingulina spina (thorn pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

Turbonilla mariae (Maria’s pyramid-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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