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Molluscs of Tasmania

Pyramidellidae – Turbonillinae: Turbonilla (Turbonilla) mariae Tenison-Woods, 1876 (‘Maria’s pyramid-shell’)

Synonym(s): mariae Tenison-Woods, 1876 nitida Angas, 1867 hofmani Angas, 1877 angasi Tenison-Woods, 1878.
Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives subtidally as an ectoparasite of other invertebrates. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC); also Japan.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Turbonilla

A-L Localities for Turbonilla mariae

Arthur River: Nelson Bay
Arthur River (unlocalised)
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bangor: Two Mile Beach
Beerbarrel Beach
Bellingham
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Bicheno: Rice Beach
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Binalong Bay: beach
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: northern end
Black River Beach: southern end
Bridport: beach
Bridport: East Sandy Point
Bridport (unlocalised)
Burnie: Blythe Heads & estuary
Cape Barren Island: Thunder & Lightning Bay
Cape Portland: Home Beach
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Carlton: Park Beach
Chain of Lagoons: Piccaninny Point
Clarke Island: Black Point
Clayton: foreshore
Coles Bay: foreshore
Coles Bay: Honeymoon Bay
Coles Bay: Muirs Beach
Coles Bay: Richardsons Beach
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Coningham: foreshore
Denison Beach (unlocalised)
Devonport: Paradise Cove (unlocalised)
Dover: beach
Dover: Roaring Bay Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Devonport: Moorland Beach
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: E coast (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island: Killiecrankie: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Watering Beach
Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Palana Beach
Flinders Island: The Dock
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Franklin Sound area
Frederick Henry Bay: Sloping Island
Freycinet Peninsula (unlocalised)
Friendly Beaches
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Goat Island: foreshore of island and nearby mainland
Granville Harbour: coast to N
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
Hobart (unlocalised)
Howden: foreshore
Hunter Island (unlocalised)
Huon Island
King Island: Cape Wickham
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: Pass River Bay
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
King Island: Victoria Cove
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Lime Bay
Lime Bay: Green Head
Little Coningham Beach
Little Musselroe Bay: Tree Point area
Low Head (unlocalised)

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M-Z Localities for Turbonilla mariae

Maria Island: Bloodstone Point
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Maria Island: Encampment Cove
Maria Island: Gulls Nest Point
Maria Island: Howells Point & Painted Cliffs
Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Maria Island: Trigonia Corner
Marion Bay: Bream Creek foreshore
Marion Bay: northern beaches
Marrawah: West Point
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
Narawntapu: Copper Cove
Narawntapu: Griffiths Point
North Bruny Island: Fancy Bay
North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Nubeena: White Beach
Orford: East Shelly Beach
Orford: Spring Beach
Orford: West Shelly Beach
Penguin: Lonah & Lodders Point
Pirates Bay (unlocalised)
Port Arthur: Denmans Cove
Port Arthur: Little Possum Beach
Port Cygnet: Cray Point
Port Davey: Whalers Cove
Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Port Sorell: beach
Primrose Sands
Randalls Bay
Rheban Beach
Robbins Island: Marys Island area
Rocky Cape: Burgess Cove
Rocky Cape: Castle Rock Bay
Rocky Cape: foreshore N of Picnic Beach
Rocky Cape (unlocalised)
Seymour Beach: northern end
Sloping Lagoon: Lagoon Beach
Snug Beach
Somerset: foreshore
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Cemetery Bluff
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: East Cove
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Bay Lagoon
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Beaches: eastern beach
Southport: Roaring Beach
Stanley: Godfreys Beach
Swansea: Jubilee Beach
Swanwick: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
The Gardens: beach
The Gardens: Coffeys Gulch
The Gardens: Swimcart Beach
Three Hummock Island: Rape Bay
Three Hummock Island: Three Gullies Bay
Tinderbox Beach
Ulverstone (unlocalised)
Waterhouse Point
West Ulverstone: foreshore
Woodbridge: foreshore & Birchs Point

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