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Molluscs of Tasmania

Lucinidae – Lucininae: Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (‘v-marked lucine’)

Synonym(s): cumingi A. Adams & Angas, 1863.

Typical shell-length 30 mm. Shell bears characteristic chevron-shaped striations. Lives subtidally in sand and mud. Native. Occurs all around Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT); not recorded elsewhere. In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and common species.

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Subfamily: Lucininae
Genus: Divalucina

A-L Localities for Divalucina cumingi

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Beechford: foreshore
Bellerive Beach
Bellerive: Kangaroo Bay
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Binalong Bay
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Blackmans Bay
Boltons Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cape Portland: Lanoma Point
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: McIntyres Beach
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coningham Beach
Coningham: foreshore
Cremorne: foreshore
Cremorne: Pipe Clay Lagoon
Davey River: Carvers Point
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Douglas River: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
E coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Electrona: Peggys Beach
Falmouth: foreshore
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Bryans Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Garden Island Sands
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Burns Bay
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hobart: Sandy Bay: Long Beach to Blinking Billy Point
Howrah Beach
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Kingston Beach
Lauderdale: Bambra Reef
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Divalucina cumingi

Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Four Mile Beach
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Mercury Passage: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 07
Mercury Passage: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 08
Mercury Passage: Darlington Bay
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Nine Mile Beach & Dolphin Sands
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Nubeena: White Beach
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: Luther Point
Orford: Millingtons Beach
Orford: Raspins Beach
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Petcheys Bay
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Davey: Bond Bay
Primrose Sands
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Sandy Bay: Nutgrove Beach
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Schouten Island: Moreys Bay
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Sloping Main Beach
Snug Beach
South Arm: beach
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Arm: Pigeon Holes
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Two Tree Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay (unlocalised)
South Bruny Island: Butlers Beach
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: western beach
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Big Lagoon Beach
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stumpys Bay (unlocalised)
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Cressy Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Lisdillon Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Tinderbox Beach
Triabunna: Plain Place Beach
Turners Beach
Verona Sands

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