Raspins Beach, Orford
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Orford, and at latitude 42.5493 (S), longitude 147.8852 (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, MHR)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (MHR)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus albicostatus (white-sided horse-mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG, MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG, MHR)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (SJG)

Barnea obturamentum (tongue-shaped angel-wing) (SJG, TMAG)

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (SJG, TMAG)

Myadora brevis (short myadora) (TMAG)

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

Divalucina cumingi (v-marked lucine) (SJG, TMAG)

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

Spisula trigonella (triangular trough-shell) (SJG)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (MHR)

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

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (MHR)

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

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (SJG)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG, MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (MHR)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (SJG, MHR)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

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

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

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

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

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

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (SJG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG)

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

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

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

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

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

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

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG, TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

Austroginella muscaria (fly-like margin-shell) (SJG)

Mitra glabra (smooth mitre) (SJG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded 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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