Snug Beach
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Snug, and at latitude 43.0651 (S), longitude 147.264 (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)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Ennucula obliqua (oblique nutlet-shell) (MHR)

Lima nimbifer (cloud file-shell) (TMNA)

Limaria orientalis (oriental file-shell) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG, TMNA)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG, TMNA)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Varicorbula gibba (European basket-shell) (SJG)

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

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

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

Pratulum thetidis (thetis cockle) (SJG)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (TMNA)

Venericardia bimaculata (splashed false-cockle) (SJG)

Legrandina bernardi (Bernard’s legrandina) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

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

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

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

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

Spisula trigonella (triangular trough-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (TMNA)

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

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (SJG, TMNA)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin) (TMNA)

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

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR, TMNA)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG, MHR)

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

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (SJG)

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

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG, TMNA)

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

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

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (TMNA)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish) (SJG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (SJG, TMNA)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG, TMNA)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Hemitoma subemarginata (giant notch-limpet) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Gibbula hisseyiana (Hisseyian kelp-shell) (SJG)

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

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

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

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (TMNA)

Clanculus aloysii (Saint Aloysius’ top-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell) (SJG, TMNA)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (TMNA)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

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

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

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (SJG)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (SJG, TMNA)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG, TMNA)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG, TMNA)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG, TMNA)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG, TMNA)

Alaba translucida (translucent alaba) (SJG)

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

Melanella tenisoni (Tenison’s urchin-snail) (SJG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG, TMNA)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (TMNA)

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

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum) (SJG, TMNA)

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

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

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG, MHR, TMNA)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (TMNA)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (TMNA)

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

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG, TMNA)

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

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid) (SJG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG)

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

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

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre) (SJG, TMNA)

Cingulina spina (thorn pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Pyrgiscus fuscus (dusky pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Turbonilla acicularis (needle-like pyramid-shell) (SJG)

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

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

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (TMNA)

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

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

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove air-breather) (SJG, TMNA)




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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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