Shelly Beach, Koonya
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Koonya, and at latitude 43.0563 (S), longitude 147.8248 (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.

Ischnochiton elongatus elongatus (lengthened chiton) (QVMAG)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (MHR)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (MHR)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR, OTHER)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR, OTHER)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (MHR)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (MHR)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (MHR)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (OTHER)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (MHR)




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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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