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Molluscs of Tasmania

Hipponicidae: Antisabia foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (‘leafy bonnet-limpet’)

Synonym(s): foliacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1835.

Typical shell-length 15 mm. Extent of scaliness of shell surface varies. Lives subtidally under rocks and stones. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also New Caledonia, the Cook Islands and Hawaii. In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and common species, especially in the N.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Antisabia

A-L Localities for Antisabia foliacea

Beechford: foreshore
Bellingham
Bicheno
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Binalong Bay: gulches
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans 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
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: foreshore
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Burnie: Titan Point
Camdale: beach
Cape Barren Island: Battery Bay
Cape Barren Island: Key Island Bay
Cape Barren Island: Munro Bay
Cape Barren Island: Petticoat Bay
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Lanoma Point
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clarke Island: South Head
Clayton: foreshore
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Cooee Beach
Croppies Beach: northern end
Croppies Point
Deadmans Bay
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Devonport: Back Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Don Heads
Devonport: Mersey River
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Dover: Kents Beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Dunalley (unlocalised)
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Kangaroo Island: North Point
East Kangaroo Island (unlocalised)
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Falmouth: foreshore
Falmouth: Mariposa Beach
Flinders Island: Emita: foreshore
Flinders Island: Foochow Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Leeka: West End Beach
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Sleepy Beach
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island: Trousers Point: beach
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Burns Bay
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Granville Harbour
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Herbies Landing
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
King Island: Cataraqui Point
King Island: City of Melbourne Bay
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Disappointment Bay
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Grassy
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Grassy Harbour: Sandblow Bay
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Red Hut Point
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Blowhole
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: W coast
Kingston Beach
Lagoon River: mouth
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Leith: foreshore
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head: Bellbuoy Beach
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head: Lagoon Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Lulworth: Tam O”Shanter Bay

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M-Z Localities for Antisabia foliacea

Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Maria Island: Point Lesueur
Maria Island: Return Point
Maria Island: Shoal Bay: McRaes Isthmus
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Marrawah: Green Point Beach
Marrawah (unlocalised)
Marrawah: West Point
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Narawntapu: Badger Head
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Point & Springlawn Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Narawntapu: West Head
New Harbour
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Emerald Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Penguin: Johnsons Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Penguin Point
Penguin to Ulverstone: foreshore
Penguin: Watcombe Beach
Pipers Head
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Brickmakers Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell: beach
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: Anniversary Bay
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Schouten Island: Moreys Bay
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Seymour Beach: northern end
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Bruny Island: Hopwood Beach
South Cape Rivulet: mouth
South Croppies Point
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Cow Rock beach
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Lisdillon Beach
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Temma
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Seatons Cove
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island: Spiers Bay: Spiers Nook
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: northern end
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: southern end
Tinderbox: Fossil Cove
Tomahawk Beach
Triabunna: Plain Place Beach
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour area
Tunnel Bay
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Verona Sands
Waterhouse Island
Waterhouse Point
West Ulverstone: foreshore
West Ulverstone: Picnic Point: beach to W
Weymouth: beach
Woolnorth: Valley Bay
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff
Wynyard: Inglis River mouth

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