Rice Beach, Bicheno
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Bicheno, and at latitude 41.8822 (S), longitude 148.3045 (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)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (SJG)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (SJG)

Lima nimbifer (cloud file-shell) (SJG)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Thraciopsis peroniana (Peron’s thracia) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Epicodakia tatei (Tate’s lucine) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG)

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

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (TMAG)

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

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (SJG, TMAG)

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet) (SJG, TMAG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG, TMAG)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (SJG)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (SJG)

Austroliotia australis (southern liotia) (SJG)

Munditia subquadrata (squared liotia) (SJG)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (SJG)

Cantharidella picturata (painted kelp-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea porcata (striped top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG)

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

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG, TMAG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG, TMAG)

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

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG, TMAG)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Stephopoma nucleocostata (ribbed-centred worm-shell) (SJG)

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

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG, TMAG)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (SJG)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (SJG, TMAG)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, TMAG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG)

Rissoina angasi (Angas’ rice-shell) (SJG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (SJG)

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG, TMAG)

Ataxocerithium serotinum (square-mouthed false-creeper) (SJG)

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

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

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Tasmeuthria clarkei (Clarke’s whelk) (SJG)

Cumia mestayerae (Mestayer’s whelk) (SJG)

Mitrella austrina (southern dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella leucostoma (white-mouthed 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)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid) (SJG)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (SJG)

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

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (SJG)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (SJG)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (SJG)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (SJG)

Philippia lutea (yellow sundial-shell) (SJG)

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

Trimusculus conicus (conical lung-limpet) (SJG, 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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