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Molluscs of Tasmania

Columbellidae – Atiliinae: Mitrella (Dentimitrella) leucostoma (Gaskoin, 1852) (‘white-mouthed dove-shell’)

Synonym(s): leucostoma Gaskoin, 1852 tenebrica Reeve, 1859 nubeculata Reeve, 1859 vittata Reeve, 1859 badia Tenison-Woods, 1876 roblini Tenison-Woods, 1876 dictua Tenison-Woods, 1879 vincta Tate, 1893.

Typical shell-length 10 mm. Colouration very variable, but shape is relatively constant. Some forms resemble an Austromitra but lack columellar folds. Lives subtidally amongst seaweed and seagrass in sheltered to moderately exposed environments. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and common species, especially in the S.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Subfamily: Atiliinae
Genus: Mitrella

A-L Localities for Mitrella leucostoma

Arthur River: Nelson Bay
Arthur River: Sarah Anne Rocks
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bellerive Beach
Bellerive: Kangaroo Bay
Bellingham
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Governor Island
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: gulches
Blackman Bay: Little Chinaman Bay
Blackman Bay: Long Spit: bay to E
Blackmans Bay
Boat Harbour: beach
Bridport: beach
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Burnie: Sulphur Creek
Cape Portland: Home 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: Dip Point to Black Rocks
Clarke Island: Kangaroo Bay to Seal Point
Clarke Island: Maclaines Bay
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Muirs Beach
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Coningham: foreshore
Connellys Bay
Cooee Beach
Croppies Point
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Devonport: Coles Beach
Dover: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Devonport: Pardoe Point
East Ulverstone
East Ulverstone: Buttons Beach
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Port Davies & Cave Beach
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay: Pine Scrub
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Fortescue Bay
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Garden Island Sands
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Herbies Landing
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: Halfmoon Bay
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Porky Beach
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Victoria Cove
Kingston Beach
Koonya: Newmans Beach
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Leith: foreshore
Leith: Lillico Beach
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Lobster Point
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Mitrella leucostoma

Margate: Dru Point & Nierinna Creek mouth
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Fossil Cliffs
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Return Point
Maria Island: Shoal Bay: McRaes Isthmus
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
North Bruny Island: Dennes Point
North Bruny Island: Little Fancy Bay
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Cygnet: Cray Point
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell: beach
Primrose Sands
Randalls Bay
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: Mary Anne Cove area
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Schouten Island: Sandspit Point
Seymour Beach: northern end
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Sloping Main: Black Jack Point
Snug Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley (unlocalised)
Swansea: Coswell Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
Three Hummock Island: Mermaid Bay
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: northern end
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay: southern end
Tinderbox Beach
Turners Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Weymouth: beach
Woolnorth: Valley Bay

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