Galeommatidae – Leptoninae: Arthritica semen (Menke, 1843) (‘seed lepton’)
Synonym(s): semen Menke, 1843 helmsi Hedley, 1915.
Typical shell-length 2.2 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Galeommatoidea
Family: Lasaeidae
Genus: Arthritica
Localities for Arthritica semen
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Blackman Bay (unlocalised)
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: beach
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point
Cape Barren Island: Thirsty Lagoon
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Conical Harbour
Dianas Basin
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Egg Island & The Narrows
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Georges Bay: St Helens: foreshore
Georges Bay (unlocalised)
Granville Harbour: coast to N
King Island: Sea Elephant Lagoon
Lauderdale: Ralphs Bay
Little Musselroe Bay: Lyme Regis Lagoon
Margate: Dru Point & Nierinna Creek mouth
Maria Island: Booming Bay
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Murdunna: Duck Creek Beach
North West Bay (unlocalised)
Nubeena: Parsons Bay
Nubeena: White Beach
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Pittwater Bluff: foreshore to W
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Little Possum Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Scamander: Wrinklers Beach
Seymour: Templestowe Beach
Sorell: Orielton Lagoon
South Arm Neck: northern side
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Bay Lagoon
Southport Lagoon: southern end
Stanley: West Inlet
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swanwick: foreshore
Verona Sands
Welcome River: mouth