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Molluscs of Tasmania

Fissurellidae – Fissurellinae: Macroschisma tasmaniae G. B. Sowerby II, 1862 (‘Tasmanian keyhole-limpet’)

Synonym(s): tasmaniae Sowerby, 1866 weldii Tenison-Woods, 1877.

Typical shell-length 25 mm. As with all keyhole-limpets, the shell sits atop a much larger animal. Lives subtidally on sand, especially in moderately exposed environments; often lives buried under sand attached to rhizomes of Heterozosta tasmanica seagrass. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread species, but seldom beached in numbers.

Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Macroschisma
A-L Localities for Macroschisma tasmaniae
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beaumaris Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Bellingham
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay
Binalong Bay: beach
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: Adams Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport: Lades Beach
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cape Portland: Boobyalla Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Black Point – beach to N
Clarke Island: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clarke Island: Spike Bay
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Cooee Beach
Cremorne: foreshore
Croppies Point
Davey River: Carvers Point
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Denison Beach: rocks at southern end
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Devonport: Bluff Beach
Devonport: Coles Beach
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Douglas River: beach
Earlham: foreshore
East Devonport: beach & breakwater
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Moorland Point
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
E coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Eddystone Point: Picnic Corner
Flinders Island: Cameron Inlet
Flinders Island: Foochow Beach
Flinders Island: Foochow Inlet
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie Bay (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Flinders Island: White Beach to Dick Davey Shoal
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: The Hazards
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Great Oyster Bay
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hellyer Beach
Herbies Landing
Hunter Island: Cave Bay
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Grassy
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Kingston Beach
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leven River: mouth
Little Musselroe Bay: northern end
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
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M-Z Localities for Macroschisma tasmaniae
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Point & Springlawn Beach
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
Nine Mile Beach & Dolphin Sands
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
Northdown Beach
North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Luther Point
Orford: Shelly Beach (unlocalised)
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Pipers Head
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Safety Cove
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell: beach
Randalls Bay
Ransons Beach
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: East Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: Anniversary Bay
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Picnic Beach & rocks to S
Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Schouten Island: Moreys Bay
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Shearwater: Freers Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay (unlocalised)
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Cape Rivulet: mouth
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: Coulomb Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay area
Three Hummock Island: West Telegraph Beach
Tomahawk Beach
Walker Island
Waterhouse Beach
Waterhouse Island
Waterhouse Point
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Woolnorth: Davisons Bay
Woolnorth: Woolnorth Point
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff
Wynyard (unlocalised)
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