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Molluscs of Tasmania

Trochidae – Chrysostomatinae: Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849) (‘Adelaide top-shell’)

Synonym(s): adelaidae Philippi, 1849.

Typical shell-length 20 mm. Patterning varies, but grey checking on a pale background is characteristic. Lives intertidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a common species in the N; much less so to the S.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Chrysostomatinae
Genus: Chlorodiloma

A-L Localities for Chlorodiloma adelaidae

Arthur River: Sarah Anne Rocks
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Beerbarrel Beach
Bellingham
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boat Harbour: Western Bay
Boltons Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport: Lades Beach
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Barren Island: SE of Tar Point
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Gravelly Beach & Sleepy Bay
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Cox Bight (unlocalised)
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Devonport: Don Heads
Devonport: Mersey River
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Dover: beach
Dover: Kents Beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Dunalley (unlocalised)
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Eaglehawk Neck: western side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
E coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Falmouth: foreshore
Falmouth: Mariposa Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Fortescue Bay
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Burns Bay
Georges Bay (unlocalised)
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Greenes Creek: beach
Greenes Point
Greens Beach: Friend Point
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Herbies Landing
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
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 Harbour
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: Porky Beach
King Island: S coast (unlocalised)
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Cowper Point
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Stokes Point: Gulchway
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Lagoon River: mouth
Leith: foreshore
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head: Lagoon Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Chlorodiloma adelaidae

Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Four Mile Beach
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Marrawah: Green Point
Marrawah: Green Point Beach
Marrawah: West Point
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Badger Head
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Point & Springlawn Beach
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Narawntapu: West Head
North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Raspins Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Peggs Beach: eastern end
Peggs Beach: western end
Penguin: Johnsons Beach
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Seymour Beach: northern end
Smiths Gulch
Somerset: foreshore
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Cape Bay: Lion Rock: beach to SE
South Cape Rivulet: mouth
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Big Lagoon Beach
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
St Helens Point
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Lisdillon Beach
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tasmania (unlocalised)
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
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island: Sandy Spit
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay area
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: southern end
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour area
Tunnel Bay
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Weymouth: beach
Woolnorth: Woolnorth Point
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff
Wynyard: Inglis River mouth

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