Prosser River mouth, Orford
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Orford, and at latitude 42.557 (S), longitude 147.8751 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Freycinet 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.

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (TMAG)

Limnoperna securis (axe-head mussel) (TMAG)

Spisula trigonella (triangular trough-shell) (TMAG)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (TMAG)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (TMAG)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (TMAG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (TMAG)

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

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (QVMAG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (TMAG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (TMAG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (QVMAG)

Cryptassiminea buccinoides (whelk-like assiminea) (TMAG)

Pseudoliotia micans (reflective glass-shell) (TMAG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (QVMAG)

Nassarius burchardi (Burchard’s dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (TMAG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (TMAG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (QVMAG)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove 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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