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Molluscs of Tasmania

Glycymerididae: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) striatularis (Lamarck, 1819) (‘common dog-cockle’)

Synonym(s): striatularis Lamarck, 1819 obliquus Reeve, 1843 penelevis Cotton, 1930 fossa Iredale, 1931 thackwayi Iredale, 1931.

Typical shell-length 45 mm. Ribs wide and flat, separated by radial grooves. Periostracum readily worn off. Shell patterning varies, but typically with dense, wavy concentric bands of dark brown streaks. Lives subtidally in sand in exposed environments. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and locally abundant species.

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Arcoida
Superfamily: Limopsoidea
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Glycymeris

A-L Localities for Glycymeris striatularis

Babel Island
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Tasman Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Beaumaris Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Beerbarrel Beach
Bellingham
Bicheno
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boltons Beach
Bridport: Adams Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Bruny Island: E coast (unlocalised)
Bruny Island: Neck Beach
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Burnie (unlocalised)
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cambridge: Barilla Bay
Camdale: beach
Cape Barren Island: Burgess Bay
Cape Barren Island: Petticoat Bay
Cape Barren Island: SE of Tar Point
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Lanoma Point
Cape Portland: Lemons Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Little Beach
Chain of Lagoons: McIntyres Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point – beach to N
Clarke Island: Maclaines Bay
Clarke Island: Shevo Bay (north end)
Clarke Island: Spike Bay
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Cockle Creek Bay
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Cooee Beach
Cox Bight (unlocalised)
Cremorne: foreshore
Cremorne: Pipe Clay Lagoon
Croppies Beach: northern end
Croppies Point
Davey River: Carvers Point
Deephole Bay
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 27
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 28
Detention River & Pebbly Bay
Devonport: Coles Beach
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Douglas River: beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Ulverstone
East Wynyard: beach
E coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Eddystone Point (unlocalised)
Falmouth: foreshore
Falmouth: Mariposa Beach
Flinders Island: Cameron Inlet
Flinders Island: Emita: foreshore
Flinders Island: Foochow Beach
Flinders Island: Foochow Inlet
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island: Trousers Point: beach
Fortescue Bay
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Bryans Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Burns Bay
Georges Bay: St Helens (unlocalised)
Georges Bay (unlocalised)
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Great Musselroe Bay
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Hunter Island: Cave Bay
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Disappointment Bay
King Island: Grassy Harbour: Sandblow Bay
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Blowhole
King Island: Sea Elephant Bay: Cowper Point
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Kingston Beach
Koonya: Shelly Beach
Lagoon River: mouth
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Lime Bay
Little Musselroe Bay: Lyme Regis Lagoon
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)

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M-Z Localities for Glycymeris striatularis

Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Chinamans Bay
Maria Island: Coxswain Creek: foreshore
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Point Lesueur
Maria Island: Return Point
Maria Island: Riedlé Bay: McRaes Isthmus
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 Beach
Marrawah (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: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 09
Musselroe: Cape Naturaliste
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Badger Beach
Narawntapu: Badger Head
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Point & Springlawn Beach
Nine Mile Beach & Dolphin Sands
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Miles Beach
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Orford: Millingtons Beach
Orford: Raspins Beach
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Orford: Spring Beach
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: western end
Penguin: Johnsons Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Penguin: Watcombe Beach
Pipers Head
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Arthur: Crescent Bay
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Arthur: Stinking Bay
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Port Davey: Bond Bay
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Primrose Beach to Carlton Bluff
Prion Beach
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
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
Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Scamander: Steels Beach
Scamander (unlocalised)
Scamander: Wrinklers Beach
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Seymour Beach: northern end
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Smithton: Duck Bay: Picnic Point
Smithton: Perkins Island
Somerset: foreshore
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: northern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: southern 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: Mickeys Bay
South Bruny Island: Old Jetty Beach: beaches to N
South Bruny Island: Simpsons Bay
South Bruny Island: Simpsons Bay: southern end
South Burnie
South Croppies Point
Southport
Southport: Big Lagoon Beach
Southport Bluff: beach
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Green Hills: West Inlet entrance
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Stephens Bay
St Helens Point
Strahan: Ocean Beach
Stumpys Bay (unlocalised)
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Cressy Beach
Swansea: De Gillern Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach: Shelly Point
Swansea: Kennedia Beach
Swansea: Lisdillon Beach
Swansea: Meredith River: mouth
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Swanwick: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: Burgess Point
Three Hummock Island: Coulomb Bay
Three Hummock Island: East Telegraph Beach
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Sandy Spit
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: southern end
Three Hummock Island: West Telegraph Beach
Tomahawk Beach
Triabunna: Plain Place Beach
Trial Harbour area
Trial Harbour: Ocean Beach to S
Turners Beach
Verona Sands
Walker Island
Waterhouse Beach
Waterhouse Island
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Weymouth: beach
Woolnorth: Woolnorth Point
Wynyard (unlocalised)

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