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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ranellidae – Cymatiinae: Cymatiella verrucosa (Reeve, 1844) (‘warted rock-whelk’)

Synonym(s): verrucosa Reeve, 1844 quoyi Reeve, 1844.

Typical shell-length 25 mm. Lives subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and common species.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Cymatiella

A-L Localities for Cymatiella verrucosa

Ansons Bay
Arthur River: Couta Rocks
Arthur River: Nelson Bay
Arthur River: Sarah Anne Rocks
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bathurst Channel: Schooner Cove
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beechford: foreshore
Bellingham
Bicheno
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Governor Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: gulches
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boat Harbour: beach
Boltons Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Burnie: Titan Point
Camdale: beach
Cape Barren Island: Bungs Beach
Cape Barren Island: Kent Bay
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Lanoma Point
Cape Portland: Lemons Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clarke Island: Kangaroo Bay to Seal Point
Clarke Island: Maclaines Bay
Clayton: foreshore
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: Bluestone Bay
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Coningham: foreshore
Connellys Bay
Cooee Beach
Cox Bight (unlocalised)
Croppies Beach: northern end
Croppies Point
Curtis group (unlocalised)
Davey River: Carvers Point
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Devonport: Bluff Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Don Heads
Devonport: Mersey River
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Devonport (unlocalised)
Douglas River: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
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 Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Falmouth: foreshore
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Badger Corner
Flinders Island: Emita: foreshore
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Sawyers Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: White Beach to Dick Davey Shoal
Fortescue Bay
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Garden Island Sands
Georges Bay: Burns Bay
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Granville Harbour
Great Dog Island: beaches in NE
Great Musselroe Bay
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Herbies Landing
Hobart: Sandy Bay (unlocalised)
Hogan Island
Howden: foreshore
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
Kettering: Oyster Cove
King Island: British Admiral Beach
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
King Island: City of Melbourne Bay
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Disappointment Bay
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Grassy
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Porky Beach
King Island: Red Hut Point
King Island: S coast (unlocalised)
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Stokes Point: Gulchway
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Victoria Cove
Lagoon River: mouth
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leith: foreshore
Leith: Lillico Beach
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Musselroe Bay: northern end
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Louisa Bay
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Lulworth: Tam O”Shanter Bay

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Localities for Cymatiella verrucosa

Macquarie Harbour: Kelly Basin
Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Fossil Cliffs
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Return Point
Maria Island: Shoal Bay: McRaes Isthmus
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
Middleton: foreshore
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Narawntapu: West Head
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
Northdown Beach
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Emerald Beach
Orford: Luther Point
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Peggs Beach: eastern end
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: western end
Penguin: Johnsons Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Penguin Point
Penguin to Ulverstone: foreshore
Penguin: Watcombe Beach
Pipers Head
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay: near landing
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Point Sorell and foreshore to SW
Point Sorell: Margaret Rocks
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Cygnet: Cray Point
Port Davey: Bond Bay
Port Davey: Schooner Cove
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Brickmakers Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell: beach
Primrose Sands
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Recherche Bay
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: Cape Elie
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Rocky Cape: Anniversary Bay
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Rocky Cape: northern coves
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Sandy Bay: Nutgrove Beach
Scamander: Wrinklers Beach
Schouten Island: Moreys Bay
Seymour Beach: northern end
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Sisters Beach
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Sloping Main Beach
Sloping Main: Black Jack Point
Snug Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Alonnah: Sunset Bay
South Bruny Island: Butlers Beach
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Bruny Island: Mickeys Bay
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: Cow Rock beach
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Green Hills: West Inlet entrance
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stumpys Bay (unlocalised)
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach: Shelly Point
Swansea: Kennedia Beach
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Temma
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Seatons Cove
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Ranger Retreat
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island: Spiers Bay: Spiers Nook
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: southern end
Tinderbox Beach
Tinderbox: Fossil Cove
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour area
Turners Beach
Verona Sands
Waterhouse Point
West Ulverstone: foreshore
West Ulverstone: Picnic Point: beach to W
Weymouth: beach
Woolnorth: Davisons Bay
Woolnorth: Valley Bay
Woolnorth: Woolnorth Point
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff

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