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Molluscs of Tasmania

Solenidae: Solen (Solen) vaginoides Lamarck, 1818 (‘southern razor-shell’)

Synonym(s): vaginoides Lamarck, 1818 correctus Iredale, 1937.

Typical shell-length 100 mm. Lives subtidally in sand in sheltered environments. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS and VIC). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread and common species, but seldom beached intact.

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Solenoidea
Family: Solenidae
Genus: Solen

A-L Localities for Solen vaginoides

Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Bay of Fires: Break Yoke Beach to Pebbly Beach
Beaumaris Beach
Beaumaris: Shelly Point
Bicheno: Courland Bay
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Binalong Bay
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Boltons Beach
Bridport: beach
Bridport (unlocalised)
Bruny Island: Neck Beach
Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Calverts Beach & Goats Bluff
Cambridge: Barilla Bay
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons
Chain of Lagoons: Four Mile Creek: beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clifton Beach (unlocalised)
Clifton Beach: western end
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Parsons Cove
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Cremorne: foreshore
Croppies Point
Denison Beach: Porch Rocks
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 28
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 29
Dianas Beach (unlocalised)
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Earlham: foreshore
Falmouth: Mariposa Beach
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Beach
Flinders Island: Patriarch Inlet
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Bryans Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Cooks Beach
Freycinet Peninsula: Hazards Beach
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Freycinet Peninsula: Wineglass Bay
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Georges Bay: St Helens (unlocalised)
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Howden: foreshore
Hunter Island: Cave Bay
Ida Bay (unlocalised)
King Island: Lavinia Beach: beach nr Lake Martha Lavinia
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Yellow Rock Beach
Kingston Beach
Koonya: Shelly Beach
Lauderdale: Bambra Reef
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Little Swanport (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Solen vaginoides

Maria Island: Four Mile Beach
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Maria Island: Soldiers Beach
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marion Bay (unlocalised)
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Mercury Passage: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 08
Narawntapu: Badger Beach
Narawntapu: Bakers Beach
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
Nine Mile Beach & Dolphin Sands
North Bruny Island: Miles Beach
North Bruny Island: Nebraska Beach
Nubeena: Roaring Beach
Nubeena: White Beach
Okehampton Bay (unlocalised)
Orford: Luther Point
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: eastern end
Peggs Beach (unlocalised)
Peggs Beach: western end
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Planters Beach to Fishers Point
Primrose Sands
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: Ransonnet Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape: Forwards Beach
Scamander (unlocalised)
Scamander: Wrinklers Beach
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Sloping Main Beach
Snug Beach
South Arm: Fort Beach
South Arm: Hope Beach: southern end
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay (unlocalised)
South Bruny Island: Butlers Beach
South Croppies Point
South East coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport: Big Lagoon Beach
Stanley: Anthony Beach
Stanley: Circular Head
Stanley: East Inlet
Stanley: foreshore
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Stanley: Halfmoon Bay
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley (unlocalised)
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swansea: Kelvedon Beach
Swansea: Spiky Beach
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: Cosy Corner
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
The Gardens: Taylors Beach
Three Hummock Island: Coulomb Bay
Three Hummock Island: East Telegraph Beach
Three Hummock Island: Sandy Spit
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Tinderbox Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Verona Sands
Walker Island
Waterhouse Island

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