Sloping Main Beach
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Nubeena, and at latitude 42.9919 (S), longitude 147.6789 (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.

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (TMAG)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (TMAG)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (TMAG)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (TMAG)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (TMAG)

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

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Argonauta nodosus (knobbly paper-nautilus) (TMAG)

Phasianella australis (painted-lady pheasant-shell) (TMAG)

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

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (TMAG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (TMAG)




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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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