West Shelly Beach, Orford
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (E), in the general area of Orford, and at latitude 42.567 (S), longitude 147.8891 (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.

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG)

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell) (SJG)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel) (SJG)

Musculus alganus (seaweed mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Neolepton planilirata (flat-grooved neolepton) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (SJG)

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

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet) (SJG)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet) (SJG)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Cantharidella tiberiana (tiberian kelp-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Fossarina legrandi (Legrand’s fossarina) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban) (SJG)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (SJG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (SJG)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (SJG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (SJG)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba) (SJG)

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

Crassitoniella erratica (erratic eaton-shell) (SJG)

Eatoniella melanochroma (blackish eaton-shell) (SJG)

Epitonium jukesianum (Jukes’ wentletrap) (SJG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink) (SJG)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink) (SJG)

Badepigrus pupoides (chrysalis-like false rice-shell) (SJG)

Pisinna olivacea (olivaceous false rice-shell) (SJG)

Tatea rufilabris (red-lipped hydrobia) (SJG)

Lironoba australis (southern rice-shell) (SJG)

Merelina cheilostoma (lipped rice-shell) (SJG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (SJG)

Pseudoliotia micans (reflective glass-shell) (SJG)

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

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk) (SJG)

Tubercliopsis dannevigi (Dannevig’s false-creeper) (SJG)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG)

Anachis atkinsoni (Atkinson’s dove-shell) (SJG)

Anachis interrupta (interrupted dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella austrina (southern dove-shell) (SJG)

Mitrella lincolnensis (Port Lincoln dove-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauper (pauper dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (SJG)

Conus anemone (anemone cone) (SJG)

Guraleus pictus (painted false-turrid) (SJG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (SJG)

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

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG)

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

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon) (SJG)

Odostomia mayii (May’s pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Pyrgiscus fuscus (dusky pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Turbonilla mariae (Maria’s pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Turbonilla tasmanica (Tasmanian pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Retusa pelyx (bowl canoe-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Leuconopsis pellucidus (transparent air-breather) (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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