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Molluscs of Tasmania

Veneridae – Dosiniinae: Dosinia (Asa) caerulea (Reeve, 1850) (‘blue-tinged dosinia’)

Synonym(s): caerulea Reeve, 1850 sericea Reeve, 1850 coryne A. Adams, 1855 cydippe A. Adams, 1855 diana A. Adams & Angas, 1863.

Typical shell-length 70 mm. The largest Dosinia species in Tasmania. Shell surface bears fine concentric ridges of varying thickness. Lives subtidally in sand, especially in moderately sheltered environments. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and often common species.

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Subfamily: Dosiniinae
Genus: Dosinia

A-L Localities for Dosinia caerulea

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beaumaris Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Bellerive Beach
Bellingham
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Binalong Bay
Binalong Bay: beach
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boltons Beach
Bridport: Adams Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Bruny Island: Neck Beach
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Lemons Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clayton: foreshore
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Cockle Creek Bay
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coningham Beach
Connellys Bay
Cooee Beach
Cremorne: foreshore
Cremorne: Pipe Clay Lagoon
Croppies Beach: northern end
Croppies Point
Davey River: Carvers Point
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 20
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 29
Devonport: Mersey River
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Devonport (unlocalised)
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Dover: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach: The Water Rat
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
Eastern Frederick Henry Bay: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 16
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
E coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Falmouth: foreshore
Falmouth: Mariposa Beach
Flinders Island: Foochow Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island: Trousers Point: beach
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Fortescue Bay
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Bryans Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Garden Island Sands
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Stieglitz: foreshore
Great Musselroe Bay
Great Oyster Bay
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Hobart: Sandy Bay: Long Beach to Blinking Billy Point
Hobart (unlocalised)
Howden: foreshore
Howrah Beach
Hunter Island: Cave Bay
Kettering: Trial Bay
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Blowhole
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Cowper Point
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Kingston Beach
Koonya: Shelly Beach
Lauderdale: Bambra Reef
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leven River: mouth
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Peggs Beach
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Little Swanport (unlocalised)
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Dosinia caerulea

Macquarie Harbour (unlocalised)
Maria Island: Chinamans Bay
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Four Mile Beach
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Shoal Bay: McRaes Isthmus
Maria Island: Soldiers 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 09
Monk Bay
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Badger Beach
Narawntapu: Badger Head
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Nine Mile Beach & Dolphin Sands
Norfolk Bay: Lime Bay: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 19
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Killora Bay
North Bruny Island: Miles Beach
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
North Bruny Island: Roberts Point
Northdown Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Opossum Bay: Michaels Beach & White Rock Point
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Millingtons Beach
Orford: Raspins Beach
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: eastern end
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: western end
Pirates Bay: middle rocks
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Point Sorell: Margaret Rocks
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Arthur: Stinking Bay
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Port Davey: Bond Bay
Port Davey: Spain Bay
Port Latta: Brickmakers Beach
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell: beach
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Primrose Beach to Carlton Bluff
Primrose Sands
Randalls Bay
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Sandford: Clear Lagoon
Sandy Bay: Nutgrove Beach
Scamander: Steels Beach
Scamander (unlocalised)
Scamander: Wrinklers Beach
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Seymour Beach: northern end
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Sisters Beach
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Sloping Main Beach
Sloping Main: Black Jack Point
Snug Beach
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Arm: Mary Ann Beach & Gellibrand Point
South Arm: Pigeon Holes
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: northern end
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 Bruny Island: Little Taylors Bay
South Bruny Island: Old Jetty Beach
South Bruny Island: Simpsons Bay
South Bruny Island: Tasman Head
South Croppies Point
South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Cressy Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach: Shelly Point
Swansea: Kennedia Beach
Swansea: Lisdillon Beach
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: heads
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: Coulomb Bay
Three Hummock Island: East Telegraph Beach
Tomahawk Beach
Triabunna: Plain Place Beach
Turners Beach
Verona Sands
Walker Island
Waterhouse Beach
Woodbridge: Flowerpot
Wykeholm Point & Bay
Ansons Bay
Blackmans Bay
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore

Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Midway Point (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Variety Bay
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
Tasman Peninsula (unlocalised)
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore

D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Devonport: Coles Beach
Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Greens Beach: main beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Fancy Bay
North Bruny Island: Variety Bay
South Bruny Island: Sheepwash Bay
Taroona Beach

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