Primrose Sands
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Primrose Sands, and at latitude 42.8904 (S), longitude 147.6668 (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.

Chiton glaucus (green chiton) (TMAG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (TMAG)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (TMAG)

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (TMAG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (TMAG, MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (TMAG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (TMAG)

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

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Condylocardia pectinata (combed condyl-clam) (TMAG)

Cyamiomactra communis (common bean-shell) (TMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (TMAG)

Divalucina cumingi (v-marked lucine) (MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (MHR)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (TMAG)

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (TMAG)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin) (MHR)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (TMAG, MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (TMAG)

Timoclea cardioides (cockle-like venus) (TMAG)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (TMAG, MHR)

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

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (TMAG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (TMAG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (TMAG)

Notoacmea corrodenda (corroding limpet) (TMAG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (TMAG)

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

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (TMAG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (TMAG)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (TMAG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (TMAG)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (TMAG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (TMAG)

Fossarina petterdi (Petterd’s fossarina) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (TMAG)

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

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (TMAG)

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

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Phasianotrochus rutilis (pink-tipped kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Zalipais inscriptum (inscribed false-top-shell) (TMAG)

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

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (TMAG)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (TMAG)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (TMAG)

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (MHR)

Eatoniella melanochroma (blackish eaton-shell) (TMAG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (TMAG)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (TMAG)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (TMAG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (TMAG, MHR)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (TMAG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (TMAG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (TMAG, MHR)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (TMAG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (TMAG)

Cabestana spengleri (Spengler’s rock-whelk) (TMAG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (TMAG)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (TMAG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (TMAG)

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

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell) (TMAG)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (TMAG)

Pseudamycla miltostoma (milky-mouthed dove-shell) (TMAG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Guraleus incrustus (incrusted false-turrid) (TMAG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (TMAG)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (TMAG)

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

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (TMAG)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (TMAG)

Litozamia rudolphi (Rudolph’s trophon) (TMAG)

Turbonilla mariae (Maria’s pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

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

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (TMAG)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather) (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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