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Molluscs of Tasmania

Eatoniellidae: Crassitoniella erratica (May, 1913) (‘erratic eaton-shell’)

Synonym(s): erratica May, 1913 aurantiocincta May, 1916.

Typical shell-length 2.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore on sand and mud Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cingulopsoidea
Family: Eatoniellidae
Genus: Crassitoniella

Localities for Crassitoniella erratica

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: southern end
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Derwent Estuary (unlocalised)
De Witt Island
East Wynyard: beach
Electrona: Peggys Beach
Erith Island
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: E coast (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Watering Beach
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Garden Island Sands
Greens Beach: main beach
Howden: foreshore
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
King Island: Surprise Bay
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Little Coningham Beach
Little Swanport: mouth
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Four Mile Beach
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Little Possum Beach
Port Cygnet: Cray Point
Randalls Bay
Rheban Beach
Seymour Beach: northern end
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Smithton: Duck Bay: Picnic Point
Snug Beach
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach

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