Woodbridge foreshore
Geographic information

This locality is in TAS (S), in the general area of Woodbridge, and at latitude 43.1544 (S), longitude 147.239 (E). Its location (to the nearest 10 km) is shown on the map below. This location lies within the Bruny 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.

Acanthochitona sueurii (Lesueur’s chiton) (TMAG)

Cryptoplax striata (streaky fleshy-chiton) (SJG)

Chiton glaucus (green chiton) (SJG, TMAG)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) (SJG, TMAG)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton) (SJG, TMAG)

Ischnochiton variegatus (variegated chiton) (TMAG)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell) (SJG)

Limaria orientalis (oriental file-shell) (SJG)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel) (SJG)

Limnoperna securis (axe-head mussel) (SJG)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel) (SJG)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel) (SJG)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster) (SJG)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster) (SJG)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop) (SJG)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop) (SJG)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop) (SJG)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller) (SJG)

Varicorbula gibba (European basket-shell) (SJG)

Cleidothaerus albidus (white rock-clam) (SJG)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle) (SJG)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle) (SJG)

Legrandina bernardi (Bernard’s legrandina) (SJG)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea) (SJG)

Mysella donaciformis (wedge-shaped lepton) (SJG)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle) (SJG)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell) (SJG)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell) (SJG)

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

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin) (SJG)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin) (SJG)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus) (SJG)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus) (SJG)

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

Irus crebrelamellatus (flacky boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus) (SJG)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus) (SJG)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus) (SJG)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus) (SJG)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus) (SJG)

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus) (SJG)

Eoacmaea calamus (delicate limpet) (SJG)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet) (SJG)

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

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone) (SJG)

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet) (SJG)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet) (SJG)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail) (SJG)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell) (SJG)

Fossarina legrandi (Legrand’s fossarina) (SJG)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell) (SJG)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell) (SJG)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell) (SJG)

Clanculus aloysii (Saint Aloysius’ top-shell) (SJG)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell) (TMAG)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell) (SJG)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell) (SJG)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite) (SJG)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper) (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, TMAG)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink) (SJG)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink) (SJG)

Polinices conica (conical sand-snail) (SJG)

Cabestana tabulata (Waterhouse’s rock-whelk) (SJG)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk) (SJG, TMAG)

Penion mandarinus (mandarin whelk) (SJG)

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

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell) (SJG)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk) (SJG)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk) (SJG)

Etrema bicolor (bicoloured false-turrid) (SJG)

Guraleus pictus (painted false-turrid) (SJG)

Guraleus tasmanicus (Tasmanian false-turrid) (SJG)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre) (SJG)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill) (SJG)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell) (SJG)

Syrnola bifasciata (two-banded pyramid-shell) (SJG)

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

Turbonilla tasmanica (Tasmanian pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Pyramidellidae unplaced scalpidens (flat-toothed pyramid-shell) (SJG)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather) (SJG)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell) (SJG)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell) (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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