Return Point, Maria Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Maria Island, and at latitude 42.6305 (S), longitude 148.0267 (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.

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (SJG)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

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

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish) (SJG)

Sepia cultrata (elongated cuttlefish) (SJG)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Notoacmea corrodenda (corroding limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

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

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

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

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (SJG)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (SJG)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

Rissoina elegantula (elegant rice-shell) (SJG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (SJG)

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

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton) (SJG)

Ranella australasia australasia (Australasian rock-whelk) (SJG)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (SJG)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (SJG)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Penion maximus (great whelk) (SJG)

Mitrella austrina (southern dove-shell) (SJG)

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

Mitrella lincolnensis (Port Lincoln dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Fusinus novaehollandiae (New Holland spindle-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (SJG)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (SJG)

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

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (SJG)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (SJG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (SJG)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (SJG)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria tasmanica (blue siphon-shell) (SJG)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather) (SJG)




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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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