A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Sat Sep 04 08:05:14 Tasmania Standard Time 2010

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Alphabetical list of species epithets, including synonyms           Alphabetical list of species by common name      Alphabetical list of species by common name (group-name first)     

Step up two levels to family (-subfamily) Fissurellidae - Fissurellinae       Step up a level to genus Amblychilepas Pilsbry, 1890

Step backwards to previous species: Amblychilepas crucis     Step forwards to next species: Amblychilepas nigrita

Amblychilepas javanicensis (Lamarck, 1822) - “rayed keyhole-limpet”  

Synonym(s): javanicensis Lamarck, 1822.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



Image(s)
Figures a-c: 26 mm, Flinders Island, Tas (N). Figure d: 15 mm, Black River Beach, Tas (N).

Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: common.       Substrate: on stones or shells.      Depth-range: in the shallow subtidal.      Tasmanian distribution: all round the coast - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA      Global range: southern and eastern Australia

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 25 mm.

Compare with:

Amblychilepas crucis

Amblychilepas nigrita

Amblychilepas omicron