Port Davies and Cave Beach, Flinders Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Flinders Island, and at latitude 40.0127 (S), longitude 147.8783 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Flinders 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.

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG, MHR)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Venericardia rosulenta (rosy false-cockle) (MHR)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

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

Pseudarcopagia victoriae (Victorian tellin) (SJG)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish) (SJG)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG, MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG, MHR)

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

Phasianella variegata (variegated pheasant-shell) (SJG)

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

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

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG, MHR)

Granata imbricata (tiled top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (SJG)

Austroliotia australis (southern liotia) (SJG)

Calliostoma hedleyi (Hedley’s top-shell) (MHR)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

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

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

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

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG, MHR)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG, MHR)

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

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG)

Epitonium minorum (lesser wentletrap) (SJG)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (MHR)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG, MHR)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (SJG)

Sassia eburnea (pink-tipped rock-whelk) (SJG, MHR)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG, MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (SJG, MHR)

Serpulorbis sipho (common worm-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, MHR)

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

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG, MHR)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (SJG, MHR)

Austroginella tasmanica (Tasmanian margin-shell) (SJG)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (SJG, MHR)

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

Agnewia tritoniformis (triton-like rock-shell) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Prototyphis angasi (Angas’ murex) (SJG)

Lyria mitraeformis (mitre-shaped volute) (MHR)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (MHR)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather) (SJG, MHR)




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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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