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Molluscs of Tasmania

Galeommatidae – Montacutinae: Mysella donaciformis Angas, 1878 (‘wedge-shaped lepton’)

Synonym(s): donaciformis Angas, 1878.
Typical shell-length 11 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Galeommatoidea
Family: Montacutidae
Genus: Mysella

A-L Localities for Mysella donaciformis

Ansons Bay
Arthur River: Nelson Bay
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: Dora Point
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Barren Island: Battery Bay
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point: foreshore to E
Cape Barren Island: Nautilus Cove
Cape Barren Island: Thunder & Lightning Bay
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Conical Harbour
De Witt Island
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: western side
East Kangaroo Island (unlocalised)
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: Arthur Bay: Long Point
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Watering Beach
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Yellow Beaches
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Parrys Bay: Double Corner
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: Moulting Bay (unlocalised)
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hobart: ANM wharf area
Ile du Golfe
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island: Seal Point
King Island (unlocalised)
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Lime Bay
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)

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