Whitemark Beach, Flinders Island
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (N), in the general area of Flinders Island, and at latitude 40.1247 (S), longitude 148.0147 (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.

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel) (QVMAG, MHR)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel) (MHR)

Atrina tasmanica (Tasmanian pen-shell) (TMAG)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger) (MHR)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine) (MHR)

Paphies cuneata (wedge-shaped wedge-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

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

Pseudarcopagia victoriae (Victorian tellin) (MHR)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (TMAG)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone) (MHR)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (QVMAG)

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

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell) (MHR)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (TMAG)

Austrocochlea porcata (striped top-shell) (TMAG, MHR)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (MHR)

Clanculus dunkeri (Dunker’s top-shell) (TMAG)

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

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (TMAG)

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

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Batillariella estuarina (estuarine mud-creeper) (TMAG)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper) (TMAG, QVMAG, MHR)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper) (TMAG)

Diala suturalis (sutured diala) (TMAG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (TMAG)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink) (TMAG)

Hydrococcus brazieri (Brazier’s hydrococcus) (QVMAG)

Rissoina elegantula (elegant rice-shell) (TMAG)

Rissoina fasciata (banded rice-shell) (TMAG)

Truncatella scalarina (laddered truncatella) (TMAG)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet) (MHR)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk) (TMAG)

Mitrella axiaerata (axiaerate dove-shell) (TMAG)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (TMAG, QVMAG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (TMAG)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk) (MHR)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (TMAG)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute) (QVMAG)

Puposyrnola petterdi (Petterd’s pyramid-shell) (TMAG)

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

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (TMAG, MHR)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded 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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