Roberts Point, N Bruny Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of North Bruny, and at latitude 43.1436 (S), longitude 147.287 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Bruny 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.

Chiton glaucus (green chiton) (SJG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea 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)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (SJG)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (SJG)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (SJG)

Sepia cultrata (elongated cuttlefish) (SJG)

Sepioteuthis australis (southern calamari) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus aloysii (Saint Aloysius’ top-shell) (SJG)

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

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite) (SJG)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG)

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

Umbilia hesitata (umbilicated cowrie) (SJG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

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

Serpulorbis sipho (common worm-shell) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (SJG)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (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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