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Molluscs of Tasmania

Trochidae – Trochinae: Clanculus undatus (Lamarck, 1816) (‘wavy top-shell’)

Synonym(s): undatus Lamarck, 1816 smithi Wood, 1828 occiduus Cotton & Godfrey, 1934.

Typical shell-length 35 mm. Lives subtidally amongst seaweed and seagrass, especially in exposed environments. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread species but seldom common; beached shells are often broken.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Trochinae
Genus: Clanculus

A-L Localities for Clanculus undatus

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beechford: foreshore
Bicheno
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boat Harbour
Boat Harbour: beach
Boltons Beach
Bruny Island: E coast (unlocalised)
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Camdale: beach
Cape Barren Island: SE of Tar Point
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Lanoma Point
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clayton: foreshore
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Cooee Beach
Cox Bight (unlocalised)
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Devonport: Bluff Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Mersey River
Devonport (unlocalised)
Douglas River: beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Devonport: beach & breakwater
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Moorland Point
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Foochow Beach
Flinders Island: Foochow Inlet
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Fortescue Bay
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Grassy Harbour: Sandblow Bay
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Cowper Point
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leith: Lillico Beach
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Clanculus undatus

Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Riedlé Bay: McRaes Isthmus
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Maria Island (unlocalised)
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Marrawah (unlocalised)
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Orford: Spring Beach
Penguin: Johnsons Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Penguin Point
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Latta: Brickmakers Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Rocky Cape: Anniversary 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: Crocketts Bay
Seymour Beach: northern end
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Sisters Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: northern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay (unlocalised)
South Croppies Point
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: Cow Rock beach
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Stumpys Bay (unlocalised)
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Lisdillon Beach
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Temma
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: East Telegraph Beach
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay area
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: southern end
Tinderbox Beach
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour area
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Woolnorth: Valley Bay
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff
Wynyard (unlocalised)

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