Ransons Beach
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Waterhouse, and at latitude 40.841 (S), longitude 147.6887 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Boags 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.

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

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

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG, MHR)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (MHR)

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

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG, MHR)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (SJG)

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

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (SJG, MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG, MHR)

Acrosterigma cygnorum (oblique cockle) (SJG)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (SJG, MHR)

Divalucina cumingi (v-marked lucine) (MHR)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Mactra pura (white trough-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (MHR)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (SJG, MHR)

Soletellina biradiata (double-rayed sunset-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (MHR)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (MHR)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG, MHR)

Dosinia victoriae (Victorian dosinia) (MHR)

Irus carditoides (cardita-like boring-venus) (SJG, MHR)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (MHR)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (MHR)

Venerupis galactites (milk-stone venus) (SJG, MHR)

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish) (SJG)

Sepia novaehollandiae (New Holland cuttlefish) (SJG)

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

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

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

Scutellastra chapmani (Chapman’s limpet) (MHR)

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

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

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (SJG, MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (MHR)

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

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (SJG)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (SJG, MHR)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (SJG)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

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

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

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

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

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

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

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)

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG, MHR)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (MHR)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG, MHR)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG)

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (SJG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG, MHR)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum) (MHR)

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (SJG, MHR)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (MHR)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (SJG, MHR)

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

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, MHR)

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG, MHR)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (MHR)

Haustrum baileyanum (Bailey’s rock-shell) (SJG)

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

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (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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