Waterhouse Island (unlocalised)
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Waterhouse, and at latitude 40.7953 (S), longitude 147.6303 (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.

Solemya australis (southern date-shell) (MHR)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle) (MHR)

Tucetona flabellata (fan-like dog-cockle) (MHR)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (MHR)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel) (MHR)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (MHR)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (MHR)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (MHR)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (MHR)

Panopea australis (southern gaper) (MHR)

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing) (MHR)

Venericardia bimaculata (splashed false-cockle) (MHR)

Myllita auriculata (eared myllita) (MHR)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (MHR)

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

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell) (MHR)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell) (MHR)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (MHR)

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

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus) (MHR)

Timoclea cardioides (cockle-like venus) (MHR)

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

Venerupis galactites (milk-stone venus) (MHR)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (MHR)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (MHR)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet) (MHR)

Scutellastra chapmani (Chapman’s limpet) (MHR)

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

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

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (TMAG)

Hemitoma subemarginata (giant notch-limpet) (MHR)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (MHR)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet) (MHR)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell) (MHR)

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

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell) (MHR)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (MHR)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (MHR)

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell) (MHR)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (TMAG, MHR)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (MHR)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (MHR)

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet) (MHR)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie) (MHR)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (MHR)

Neverita aulacoglossa (common sand-snail) (MHR)

Sassia bassi (Bassian rock-whelk) (MHR)

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

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet) (MHR)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (MHR)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (MHR)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell) (MHR)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (MHR)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre) (MHR)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (MHR)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (MHR)

Amalda marginata (margined olive) (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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