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Molluscs of Tasmania

Fissurellidae – Fissurellinae: Amblychilepas javanicensis (Lamarck, 1822) (‘rayed keyhole-limpet’)

Synonym(s): javanicensis Lamarck, 1822.

Typical shell-length 25 mm. As with all keyhole-limpets, the shell sits atop a much larger animal. Lives subtidally on sand, especially in moderately sheltered environments; often lives part-buried under sand attached to rhizomes of Heterozostera tasmanica seagrass. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread species but seldom beached in numbers.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Amblychilepas

A-L Localities for Amblychilepas javanicensis

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bellingham
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Binalong Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boltons Beach
Bridport: Adams Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bruny Island: E coast (unlocalised)
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Lemons Beach
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: McIntyres Beach
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Kangaroo Bay to Seal Point
Clarke Island: Shevo Bay (north end)
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Cremorne: foreshore
Croppies Beach: northern end
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Devonport: Mersey River
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Douglas River: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
Falmouth: Mariposa Beach
Flinders Island: Cameron Inlet
Flinders Island: Foochow Beach
Flinders Island: Foochow Inlet
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: White Beach to Dick Davey Shoal
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Humbug Point
Great Musselroe Bay
Great Oyster Bay
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hunter Island: Cave Bay
King Island: Grassy
King Island: Grassy Harbour: Sandblow Bay
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leven River: mouth
Little Musselroe Bay: Lyme Regis Lagoon
Little Musselroe Bay: northern end
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach

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Localities for Amblychilepas javanicensis

Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Return Point
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Badger Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Northdown Beach
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Orford: Raspins Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: western end
Pipers Head
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Sorell: beach
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay (unlocalised)
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Stumpys Bay (unlocalised)
Swansea: Cressy Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
Three Hummock Island: Coulomb Bay
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Spiers Bay: Spiers Nook
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay area
Three Hummock Island: West Telegraph Beach
Walker Island

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