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Molluscs of Tasmania

Littorinidae – Littorininae: Afrolittorina praetermissa (May, 1909) (‘checkered australwink’)

Synonym(s): praetermissa May, 1909 paludinella authors (not Reeve, 1857).

Typical shell-length 15 mm. Most individuals are much smaller than the maximum size for this species. Lives high on the shore on rocks. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and often common species.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Littorinidae
Subfamily: Littorininae
Genus: Afrolittorina

A-L Localities for Afrolittorina praetermissa

Arthur River: Sarah Anne Rocks
Arthur River (unlocalised)
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Tasman Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bangor: Watsons Bay
Bathurst Channel: Schooner Cove
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Beerbarrel Beach
Bellingham
Bicheno
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: gulches
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: southern end
Boat Harbour: beach
Boltons Bluff: cove to NW
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point
Cape Grim
Cape Portland: Lemons Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clayton: foreshore
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: Bluestone Bay
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Gravelly Beach & Sleepy Bay
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Muirs Beach
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Conical Harbour
Coningham Beach
Connellys Bay
Cooee Beach
Cox Bight (unlocalised)
Cremorne: Pipe Clay Head to Cape Deslacs
Curtis Island
Deal Island (unlocalised)
Deephole Bay
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Dover: Kents Beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Devonport: beach & breakwater
East Devonport: Moorland Point
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Kangaroo Island: North Point
East Kangaroo Island (unlocalised)
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Falmouth: foreshore
Flinders Island: Big River Cove
Flinders Island: Boat Harbour Beach
Flinders Island: Emita: foreshore
Flinders Island: Emita: Old Jetty Beach
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Yellow Beaches
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Fortescue Bay
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Garden Island Sands
Geilston Bay
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Goose Island
Gordon: Three Hut Point
Granville Harbour
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Herlihys Bay: coast to E
Hibbs Bay
Hobart: Battery Point
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
Huon Island
Kettering foreshore
Kettering: Oyster Cove
King Island: British Admiral Beach
King Island: Cape Wickham
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Grassy Harbour: Sandblow Bay
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Porky Beach
King Island: Red Hut Point
King Island: Stokes Point: Gulchway
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Victoria Cove
King Island: W coast
Kingston Beach
Lagoon River: mouth
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leith: foreshore
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Black Rock: beach
Little Coningham Beach
Little Musselroe Bay: northern end
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head: Bellbuoy Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Lymington: Drip Beach

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M-Z Localities for Afrolittorina praetermissa

Maatsuyker Island
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Fossil Cliffs
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Maria Island: Return Point
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marrawah: Green Point
Marrawah: Green Point Beach
Marrawah (unlocalised)
Marrawah: West Point
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Mulcahy Bay
Murdunna: Sommers Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Narawntapu: West Head
New Harbour
North Bruny Island: Apollo Bay
North Bruny Island: Barnes Bay
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North Bruny Island: Cape Queen Elizabeth
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Killora: Rat Bay
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Emerald Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Penguin to Ulverstone: foreshore
Penguin (unlocalised)
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay: The Blowhole
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Arthur: Basket Bay: Remarkable Cave
Port Arthur: Crescent Bay
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Dog Bark Beach
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Port Davey: Breaksea Islands
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Brickmakers Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Primrose Sands
Randalls Bay
Rheban Beach
Rocky Boat Inlet
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: Cave Bay
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Rocky Cape: northern coves
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Sandy Bay: Nutgrove Beach
Sandy Cape
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Schouten Island (unlocalised)
Seymour Beach: northern end
Ship Stern Bluff
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Sloping Main: Black Jack Point
Smithton: Duck Bay
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: East Cove
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: southern end
South Bruny Island: Beaufort Bay
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Bruny Island: Hen & Chickens Rocks: foreshore to E
South Bruny Island: Lighthouse Bay
South Bruny Island: Neck Beach: Blighs Rocks
South Bruny Island: Sheepwash Bay
South Bruny Island: Simpsons Bay
South Cape Bay: Lion Rock: beach to SE
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Stanley: West Inlet
Strahan: Cape Sorell
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach: Shelly Point
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tamar River: West Arm
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Temma
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island (unlocalised)
Triabunna: Plain Place Beach
Trial Harbour area
Tunnel Bay
Turners Beach
Waterhouse Point
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Weymouth: beach
Woodbridge: Birchs Bay & Yellow Point
Woodbridge: Flowerpot
Woolnorth: Davisons Bay
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff
Wynyard: Table Cape

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