Peggs Beach (W end)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Port Latta, and at latitude 40.8374 (S), longitude 145.317 (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.

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (SJG)

Glycymeris radians (radiant dog-cockle) (SJG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG)

Tucetona flabellata (fan-like dog-cockle) (SJG)

Limaria orientalis (oriental file-shell) (SJG)

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

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

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

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG)

Notochlamys hexactes (Tasmanian scallop) (SJG)

Semipallium aktinos (shagreened scallop) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (SJG)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Panopea australis (southern gaper) (SJG)

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

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (SJG)

Periploma angasi (Angas’ lantern-shell) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Pratulum thetidis (thetis cockle) (SJG)

Acrosterigma cygnorum (oblique cockle) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Mactra jacksonensis (Port Jackson trough-shell) (SJG)

Mactra pura (white trough-shell) (SJG)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (SJG)

Paphies cuneata (wedge-shaped wedge-shell) (SJG)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (SJG)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (SJG)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (SJG)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG)

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

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (SJG)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (SJG)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (SJG)

Dosinia victoriae (Victorian dosinia) (SJG)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (SJG)

Callista kingii (King’s callista) (SJG)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Gadila spretus (common tusk-shell) (SJG)

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish) (SJG)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

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

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (SJG)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (SJG)

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

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (SJG)

Granata imbricata (tiled top-shell) (SJG)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (SJG)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (SJG)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus aloysii (Saint Aloysius’ top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell) (SJG)

Notogibbula lehmanni (Lehmann’s top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (SJG)

Ethminolia vitiliginea (blotchy top-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (SJG)

Pyrazus ebeninus (Hercules’ club mud-creeper) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Pyxipoma weldii (Weld’s worm-shell) (SJG)

Tenagodus australis (southern worm-shell) (SJG, OTHER)

Gazameda gunnii (Gunn’s screw-shell) (SJG)

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

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (SJG)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (SJG)

Notocypraea piperita (peppered cowrie) (SJG)

Epitonium jukesianum (Jukes’ wentletrap) (SJG)

Epitonium minorum (lesser wentletrap) (SJG)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (SJG)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG)

Friginatica beddomei (Beddome’s sand-snail) (SJG)

Neverita aulacoglossa (common sand-snail) (SJG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (SJG)

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum) (SJG)

Sassia bassi (Bassian rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (SJG)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (SJG)

Ataxocerithium serotinum (square-mouthed false-creeper) (SJG)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (SJG)

Serpulorbis sipho (common worm-shell) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Penion mandarinus (mandarin whelk) (SJG)

Penion maximus (great whelk) (SJG)

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

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

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (SJG)

Cancellaria granosa (grainy nutmeg-shell) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

Duplicaria ustulata (scorched auger) (SJG)

Epidirona philipineri (Philipiner’s turrid) (SJG)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (SJG)

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

Mesoginella turbinata (top-shaped margin-shell) (SJG)

Ovaginella ovulum (egg margin-shell) (SJG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG)

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

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (SJG)

Muricopsis umbilicatus (umbilicated murex) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (SJG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (SJG)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (SJG)

Livonia mammilla (false baler) (SJG)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (SJG)

Amalda petterdi (spindle-shaped olive) (SJG)

Adamnestia arachis (spireless peanut-shell) (SJG)

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

Volvulella rostrata (beaked canoe-shell) (SJG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (SJG)

Phallomedusa solida (solid air-breather) (SJG)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove air-breather) (SJG)




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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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