St Helens Point
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of St Helens, and at latitude 41.2753 (S), longitude 148.3579 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Freycinet 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.

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (MHR)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (MHR)

Periploma angasi (Angas’ lantern-shell) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Eucrassatella kingicola (King Island thickshell-clam) (MHR)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (MHR)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (MHR)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Callista kingii (King’s callista) (MHR)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (MHR)

Nototodarus gouldi (Gould’s squid) (QVMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (MHR)

Haliotis scalaris emmae (Emma’s abalone) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (MHR)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (MHR)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (MHR)

Gazameda gunnii (Gunn’s screw-shell) (MHR)

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

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (MHR)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (MHR)

Cabestana spengleri (Spengler’s rock-whelk) (MHR)

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (MHR)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Mesoginella turbinata (top-shaped margin-shell) (MHR)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (MHR)

Agnewia tritoniformis (triton-like rock-shell) (MHR)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (MHR)

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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