Valley Bay, Woolnorth
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (W), in the general area of Woolnorth, and at latitude 40.6875 (S), longitude 144.697 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Franklin 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.

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (MHR)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (MHR)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (MHR)

Musculista senhousia (Asian bag-mussel) (QVMAG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (MHR)

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin) (MHR)

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

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra peronii (scaly limpet) (MHR)

Tricolia rosea (rosy pheasant-shell) (MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (MHR)

Granata imbricata (tiled top-shell) (MHR)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (MHR)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (MHR)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (MHR)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie) (MHR)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap) (MHR)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap) (MHR)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Rissoina angasi (Angas’ rice-shell) (MHR)

Rissoina elegantula (elegant rice-shell) (MHR)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (MHR)

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

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton) (MHR)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

Cumia mestayerae (Mestayer’s whelk) (MHR)

Mitrella leucostoma (white-mouthed dove-shell) (MHR)

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell) (MHR)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (MHR)

Mitrella tenuis (white-based dove-shell) (MHR)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (MHR)

Cancellaria lactea (milky nutmeg-shell) (MHR)

Etrema denseplicata (densely-ribbed false-turrid) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Guraleus mitralis (mitre-like false-turrid) (MHR)

Guraleus pictus (painted false-turrid) (MHR)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (MHR)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell) (MHR)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre) (MHR)

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

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex) (MHR)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (MHR)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (MHR)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather) (MHR)

Trimusculus conicus (conical lung-limpet) (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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