Trousers Point Beach, Flinders Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Flinders Island, and at latitude 40.2275 (S), longitude 148.0296 (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.

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (SJG)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (SJG)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus albicostatus (white-sided horse-mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG)

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

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

Mactra jacksonensis (Port Jackson trough-shell) (SJG)

Mactra pura (white trough-shell) (SJG)

Paphies cuneata (wedge-shaped wedge-shell) (SJG)

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

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (SJG)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (SJG)

Irus carditoides (cardita-like boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Venerupis galactites (milk-stone venus) (SJG)

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish) (SJG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (SJG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (SJG)

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

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (SJG)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (SJG)

Granata imbricata (tiled top-shell) (SJG)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

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

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (SJG)

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum) (SJG)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (SJG)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

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

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (SJG)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Bulla quoyii (Botany Bay bubble-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)




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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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