Port Arthur (unlocalised)
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.

Notoplax costata (ribbed chiton) (TMAG)

Notoplax speciosa (pretty chiton) (TMAG)

Cryptoplax striata (streaky fleshy-chiton) (TMAG)

Chiton glaucus (green chiton) (TMAG)

Rhyssoplax orukta (orukta chiton) (QVMAG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (TMAG)

Callistochiton mawlei (Mawle’s beautiful chiton) (TMAG)

Callochiton crocinus (smooth chiton) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Callochiton mayi (May’s beautiful chiton) (QVMAG)

Eudoxochiton inornata (plain chiton) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton lineolatus (lined chiton) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Ischnochiton mayi (May’s chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton subviridis (greenish chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton variegatus (variegated chiton) (QVMAG)

Ischnochiton versicolor (variably-coloured chiton) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (TMAG)

Plaxiphora matthewsi (Matthews’ chiton) (QVMAG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (QVMAG)

Venericardia amabilis (likeable false-cockle) (TMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (TMAG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (TMAG)

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (TMAG)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (TMAG)

Irus carditoides (cardita-like boring-venus) (TMAG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (TMAG)

Octopus pallidus (pale octopus) (TMAG)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet) (TMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (TMAG, QVMAG)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (TMAG)

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (TMAG)

Cantharidella tiberiana (tiberian kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (TMAG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (TMAG)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (TMAG)

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

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (QVMAG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (TMAG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (TMAG)

Notocypraea subcarnea (plump cowrie) (OTHER)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (TMAG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (TMAG)

Polinices catenoides (chained sand-snail) (TMAG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (TMAG)

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell) (TMAG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Guraleus tasmanicus (Tasmanian false-turrid) (TMAG)

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

Ericusa papillosa (nippled volute) (TMAG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Siphonaria tasmanica (blue 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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