Roches Beach, Lauderdale
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Lauderdale, and at latitude 42.9111 (S), longitude 147.4952 (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.

Acanthochitona sueurii (Lesueur’s chiton) (TMAG)

Chiton glaucus (green chiton) (SJG, TMAG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (SJG, TMAG)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG, TMAG)

Ischnochiton lineolatus (lined chiton) (TMAG)

Ischnochiton variegatus (variegated chiton) (TMAG)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton) (TMAG)

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (MHR)

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

Limatula strangei (Strange’s file-shell) (MHR)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

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

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Musculus alganus (seaweed mussel) (TMAG)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

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

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

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

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (SJG, MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Panopea australis (southern gaper) (TMAG, MHR)

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

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

Myadora brevis (short myadora) (TMAG, MHR)

Laternula rostrata (Tasmanian lantern-shell) (MHR)

Periploma angasi (Angas’ lantern-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

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

Pratulum thetidis (thetis cockle) (MHR)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (MHR)

Venericardia bimaculata (splashed false-cockle) (SJG)

Gaimardia tasmanica (Tasmanian arc-mussel) (SJG)

Neolepton planilirata (flat-grooved neolepton) (SJG)

Anisodonta subalata (flanged anisodonta) (TMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Mysella donaciformis (wedge-shaped lepton) (SJG)

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

Epicodakia consettiana (least lucine) (TMAG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Mactra antecedens (oval trough-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

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

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

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Gari kenyoniana (Kenyon’s sunset-shell) (MHR)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Soletellina biradiata (double-rayed sunset-shell) (TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (SJG, MHR)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (TMAG)

Pseudarcopagia victoriae (Victorian tellin) (MHR)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG, MHR)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Tawera lagopus (banded venus) (TMAG, MHR)

Timoclea cardioides (cockle-like venus) (TMAG, MHR)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Dosinia grata (grata dosinia) (SJG)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (SJG, MHR)

Callista kingii (King’s callista) (MHR)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (MHR)

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

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (SJG, MHR)

Octopus berrima (southern keeled octopus) (TMAG)

Sepioteuthis australis (southern calamari) (TMAG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (MHR)

Notoacmea alta (tall limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea corrodenda (corroding limpet) (MHR)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG, MHR)

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

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

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

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

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

Scutellastra chapmani (Chapman’s limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (SJG, MHR)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (TMAG, MHR)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Amblychilepas nigrita (black keyhole-limpet) (TMAG)

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

Munditia subquadrata (squared liotia) (MHR)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (MHR)

Calliostoma allporti (Allport’s top-shell) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Fossarina legrandi (Legrand’s fossarina) (TMNA)

Fossarina petterdi (Petterd’s fossarina) (MHR)

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

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

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

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

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

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

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (MHR)

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

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Phasianotrochus rutilis (pink-tipped kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

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

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (MHR)

Pyrazus ebeninus (Hercules’ club mud-creeper) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG, MHR)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Alaba translucida (translucent alaba) (SJG)

Gazameda gunnii (Gunn’s screw-shell) (MHR)

Maoricolpus roseus (New Zealand screw-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Maoricrypta immersa (common slipper-limpet) (MHR)

Crassitoniella erratica (erratic eaton-shell) (SJG)

Eatoniella melanochroma (blackish eaton-shell) (SJG, TMAG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie) (SJG)

Epitonium jukesianum (Jukes’ wentletrap) (MHR)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG, MHR)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG, MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG, MHR)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Friginatica beddomei (Beddome’s sand-snail) (MHR)

Neverita aulacoglossa (common sand-snail) (MHR)

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

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum) (SJG, MHR)

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

Cabestana tabulata (Waterhouse’s rock-whelk) (SJG, TMAG)

Sassia bassi (Bassian rock-whelk) (MHR)

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

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

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton) (SJG, MHR)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Tasmeuthria clarkei (Clarke’s whelk) (SJG)

Penion mandarinus (mandarin whelk) (TMAG)

Penion maximus (great whelk) (SJG, MHR)

Cumia mestayerae (Mestayer’s whelk) (MHR)

Anachis atkinsoni (Atkinson’s dove-shell) (SJG)

Pseudamycla miltostoma (milky-mouthed dove-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Fusinus novaehollandiae (New Holland spindle-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

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

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Guraleus alucinans (dreaming false-turrid) (MHR)

Guraleus tasmanicus (Tasmanian false-turrid) (MHR)

Duplicaria ustulata (scorched auger) (MHR)

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

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (MHR)

Mesoginella turbinata (top-shaped margin-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Mitra glabra (smooth mitre) (MHR)

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

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

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (TMAG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (SJG, MHR)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

Liostomia tasmanica (Tasman pyramid-shell) (MHR)

Odostomia occultidens (hidden-toothed pyramid-shell) (MHR)

Syrnola bifasciata (two-banded pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

Cingulina spina (thorn pyramid-shell) (MHR)

Pyrgiscus fuscus (dusky pyramid-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR)

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

Turbonilla tasmanica (Tasmanian pyramid-shell) (MHR)

Aplysia parvula (small sea-hare) (TMAG)

Aplysia sydneyensis (Sydney sea-hare) (TMAG)

Haminoea maugeansis (little bubble-shell) (MHR)

Adamnestia arachis (spireless peanut-shell) (TMAG)

Philine angasi (Angas’ bubble-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Retusa atkinsoni (Atkinson’s canoe-shell) (SJG)

Retusa protumida (swollen canoe-shell) (TMAG)

Archidoris wellingtonensis (Wellington sea-lemon) (TMAG)

Pleurobranchaea maculata (spotted sea-slug) (TMAG, TMNA)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG, TMAG, MHR, TMNA)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (SJG, MHR)

Siphonaria tasmanica (blue siphon-shell) (SJG)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove air-breather) (TMAG)




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