Point Puer and beach, Port Arthur
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Port Arthur, and at latitude 43.1536 (S), longitude 147.8683 (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.

Acanthochitona sueurii (Lesueur’s chiton) (TMAG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton mayi (May’s chiton) (TMAG)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (TMAG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (TMAG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (TMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (TMAG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (OTHER)

Spirula spirula (common ramshorn-squid) (OTHER)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet) (TMAG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (OTHER)

Notoacmea mayi (May’s limpet) (TMAG)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet) (TMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (TMAG)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet) (TMAG)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (TMAG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (TMAG)

Fossarina petterdi (Petterd’s fossarina) (TMAG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (TMAG)

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

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (OTHER)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (OTHER)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (OTHER)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (TMAG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (TMAG)

Lamellaria ophione (titan lamellaria) (TMAG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (TMAG, OTHER)

Mitrella leucostoma (white-mouthed dove-shell) (TMAG)

Mitrella lincolnensis (Port Lincoln dove-shell) (OTHER)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (OTHER)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (OTHER)

Austromitra tasmanica (Tasmanian ribbed-mitre) (OTHER)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (TMAG)

Aplysia sydneyensis (Sydney sea-hare) (TMAG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-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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