Walker Island (unlocalised)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Walker Island, and at latitude 40.6009 (S), longitude 144.9377 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Boags 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.

Anadara trapezia (mud ark-shell) (TMAG)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (TMAG)

Glycymeris grayana (Gray’s dog-cockle) (MHR)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (TMAG, MHR)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel) (MHR)

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

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (TMAG)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (TMAG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (TMAG, MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (TMAG, MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Spondylus tenellus (slender thorny-oyster) (TMAG)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (TMAG)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell) (MHR)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Panopea australis (southern gaper) (MHR)

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

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (MHR)

Myadora rotundata (Tasmanian myadora) (MHR)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (MHR)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (TMAG)

Venericardia bimaculata (splashed false-cockle) (MHR)

Venericardia rosulenta (rosy false-cockle) (TMAG)

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

Mactra antecedens (oval trough-shell) (TMAG)

Mactra pura (white trough-shell) (TMAG)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell) (TMAG)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (TMAG, MHR)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (MHR)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (MHR)

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

Pseudarcopagia victoriae (Victorian tellin) (MHR)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (MHR)

Placamen placidum (placid venus) (MHR)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Tawera lagopus (banded venus) (TMAG)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia) (MHR)

Callista kingii (King’s callista) (MHR)

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

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (TMAG, MHR)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (TMAG)

Venerupis galactites (milk-stone venus) (TMAG)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet) (TMAG)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

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

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (TMAG, MHR)

Hemitoma subemarginata (giant notch-limpet) (MHR)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (TMAG, MHR)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell) (MHR)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (MHR)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

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

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (MHR)

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

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell) (MHR)

Zalipais inscriptum (inscribed false-top-shell) (TMAG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (MHR)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (TMAG)

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

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (MHR)

Maoricrypta immersa (common slipper-limpet) (TMAG)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail) (MHR)

Neverita aulacoglossa (common sand-snail) (TMAG, MHR)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (MHR)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (TMAG)

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

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk) (MHR)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet) (MHR)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

Fusinus novaehollandiae (New Holland spindle-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell) (TMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (MHR)

Cancellaria granosa (grainy nutmeg-shell) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (TMAG)

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

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell) (TMAG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (MHR)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute) (MHR)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (TMAG)

Philine angasi (Angas’ bubble-shell) (MHR)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (MHR)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-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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