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Molluscs of Tasmania

Ellobiidae – Pedipedinae: Marinula xanthostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (‘delicate air-breather’)

Synonym(s): xanthostoma A. Adams & H. Adams, 1855.
Typical shell-length 10 mm. Lives high on the shore amongst strand-line debris, including in exposed environments. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread species; commoner to the N.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata – Eupulmonata
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Pedipedinae
Genus: Marinula

A-L Localities for Marinula xanthostoma

Arthur River: Sarah Anne Rocks
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: gulches
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackmans Bay
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Cape Barren Island: Bungs Beach
Cape Barren Island: Thunder & Lightning Bay
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Petal Point
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clarke Island: Maclaines Bay
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Muirs Beach
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport: Don Heads
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Devonport: beach & breakwater
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Devonport: Pardoe Beach
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Boat Harbour Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Fortescue Bay
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Granville Harbour
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Howden: foreshore
King Island: British Admiral Beach
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Porky Beach
King Island: Red Hut Point
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Stokes Point: Gulchway
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: W coast
Leith: Lillico Beach
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Musselroe Bay: northern end
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Marinula xanthostoma

Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Chinamans Creek
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Four Mile Beach
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Hopground Beach
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Return Point
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marrawah: Green Point Beach
Marrawah: West Point
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Mercury Passage: Darlington Bay
Middleton: foreshore
Musselroe Point
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Little Badger Head
North Bruny Island: Cape Queen Elizabeth
North Bruny Island: Killora: Rat Bay
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Emerald Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Primrose Point
Primrose Sands
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Sentinel Island
Seymour Beach: northern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Green Hills: West Inlet entrance
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
Three Hummock Island: Ranger Retreat
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: northern end
Tinderbox Beach
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour area
Weymouth: beach
Woolnorth: Valley Bay
Wynyard: Fossil Bluff

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