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Molluscs of Tasmania

Hiatellidae: Hiatella australis (Lamarck, 1818) (‘southern crypt-dweller’)

Synonym(s): australis Lamarck, 1818 angasi Angas, 1865.

Typical shell-length 15 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed, living embedded in grey sponge, usually in groups, with only the siphon tips exposed. 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: Myoida
Superfamily: Hiatelloidea
Family: Hiatellidae
Genus: Hiatella

A-L Localities for Hiatella australis

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Beechford: foreshore
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: beach
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Home Beach
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: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Black Point – beach to S
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coningham Beach
Coningham: foreshore
Cremorne: Pipe Clay Head to Cape Deslacs
Curtis Island
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 25
Devonport: Bluff Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Don Heads
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Dianas Beach: Paddy”s Island
Dover: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Electrona: Peggys Beach
Flinders Island: E coast (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: White Beach to Dick Davey Shoal
Fortescue Bay
Franklin Sound area
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Garden Island Sands
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay (unlocalised)
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Herbies Landing
Hobart: Sullivans Cove area
Hobart (unlocalised)
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
Huon Island
Ida Bay (unlocalised)
Ile du Golfe
Kettering foreshore
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Red Hut Point
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: W coast
Kingston Beach
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leith: foreshore
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Coningham Beach
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Hiatella australis

Margate: Dru Point & Nierinna Creek mouth
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
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 Beach
Marrawah (unlocalised)
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Bakers Point & Springlawn Beach
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Norfolk Bay: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 13
Norfolk Bay: Lime Bay: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 19
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North Bruny Island: Cape Queen Elizabeth
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
North Bruny Island: Roberts Point
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: western end
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Cygnet: Cray Point
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Randalls Bay
Recherche Bay
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Rocky Cape: Anniversary Bay
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Schouten Island: Moreys Bay
Seymour Beach: northern end
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Ship Stern Bluff
Snug Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay – Coal Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: East Cove
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay (unlocalised)
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Bruny Island: Simpsons Bay
South Cape Rivulet: mouth
South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: channel entrance
Tamar River: George Town (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island (unlocalised)
Tinderbox Beach
Triabunna: Plain Place Beach
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour area
Tunnel Bay
Turners Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Waterhouse Point
West Devonport: Berth 1
Woodbridge: foreshore & Birchs Point
Woolnorth: Woolnorth Point

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