Sandrock Bay
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Port Cygnet, and at latitude 43.2385 (S), longitude 147.0991 (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)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (SJG)

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

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG)

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

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

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

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

Phallomedusa solida (solid air-breather) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria tasmanica (blue siphon-shell) (SJG)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove 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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