Penguin (unlocalised)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Penguin, and at latitude 41.1119 (S), longitude 146.0714 (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.

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (QVMAG)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton lineolatus (lined chiton) (QVMAG)

Trichomya hirsuta (hairy mussel) (QVMAG)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet) (QVMAG)

Cellana tramoserica (variegated limpet) (QVMAG)

Fossarina petterdi (Petterd’s fossarina) (QVMAG)

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (QVMAG)

Eatoniella atropurpurea (dark-purple eaton-shell) (TMAG)

Notocypraea subcarnea (plump cowrie) (OTHER)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (QVMAG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (QVMAG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (QVMAG, MHR)

Rissoina elegantula (elegant rice-shell) (QVMAG)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (MHR)

Serpulorbis sipho (common worm-shell) (QVMAG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (QVMAG, MHR)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (MHR)

Onchidella nigricans (limpet-like sea-slug) (QVMAG)




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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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