Sleepy Beach, Flinders Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Flinders Island, and at latitude 39.7434 (S), longitude 147.9202 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Flinders 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.

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (MHR)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

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

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (MHR)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (MHR)




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