Select Page
Molluscs of Tasmania

Vermetidae – Vermetinae: Petaloconchus caperatus (Tate & May, 1900) (‘captured worm-shell’)

Synonym(s): caperatus Tate & May, 1900.

Typical shell-length 7.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Family: Vermetidae
Subfamily: Vermetinae
Genus: Petaloconchus

Localities for Petaloconchus caperatus

Arthur River: Sarah Anne Rocks
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Beechford: foreshore
Bicheno: Diamond Island
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clarke Island: Maclaines Bay
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Tanners Bay
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island: Trousers Point
Fortescue Bay
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Herbies Landing
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Cape Wickham: foreshore to E
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: Porky Beach
King Island: Red Hut Point
King Island: Seal Bay: Black Point
King Island: Seal Point
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Swanport: Saltworks Beach
Low Head: East Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Mayfield Point to Little Christmas Island
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: Emerald Beach
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Rocky Boat Inlet
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Schouten Island: Crocketts Bay
Seymour Beach: northern end
Somerset: foreshore
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
South Cape Rivulet: mouth
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Mateys Gulch to Gardens Lagoon
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Waterhouse Point

species image
species image
locality map