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Molluscs of Tasmania

Buccinidae – Buccininae: Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846) (‘ivory whelk’)

Synonym(s): eburnea Reeve, 1846.

Typical shell-length 35 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on rocks, sand and mud , especially in sheltered environments. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a common species in the N but rare or absent further S.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Cominella

A-L Localities for Cominella eburnea

Arthur River: Arthur Beach
Beechford: foreshore
Blackman Bay: Long Spit: bay to E
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: Titan Point
Camdale: beach
Cape Barren Island: Neds Point
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Lanoma Point
Cape Portland: Lemons Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clarke Island: Kangaroo Bay to Seal Point
Clarke Island: Maclaines Bay
Clarke Island: Spike Bay
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Cooee Beach
Croppies Point
Devonport: Bluff Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Don Heads
Devonport: Mersey River
Devonport: Mussel Rock
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: beach & breakwater
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Moorland Point
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Kangaroo Island: North Point
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Falmouth: foreshore
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Big River Cove
Flinders Island: Emita: Old Jetty Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Watering Beach
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Sawyers Bay
Flinders Island: Spences Reef
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point: beach
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Whitemark Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Greens Beach: Friend Point
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Herbies Landing
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island (unlocalised)
Koonya: Newmans Beach
Koonya: Shelly Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leith: foreshore
Little Chalky Island
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Cominella eburnea

Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Chinamans Bay
Maria Island: Chinamans Creek
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Shoal Bay: McRaes Isthmus
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Murdunna: Sommers Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: West Head
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Luther Point
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Orford (unlocalised)
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Penguin: Johnsons Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Pittwater Bluff: foreshore to W
Port Latta: Brickmakers Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Robbins Island: Cape Elie
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Sisters Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Bruny Island: Mickeys Bay
South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Green Hills: West Inlet entrance
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Tamar River: Bell Bay: Donovans Bay
Tamar River: Clarence Point: foreshore
Tamar River: George Town: She Oak Point area
Tamar River: Ilfraville: Redbill Point
Tamar River: Ilfraville: Sandy Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tamar River: Middle Arm: Shag Head
Tamar River: West Arm
Taroona Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: northern end
Tomahawk Beach
Turners Beach
Waterhouse Island
West Ulverstone: foreshore
West Ulverstone: Picnic Point: beach to W
Woolnorth: Woolnorth Point
Wynyard (unlocalised)

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