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If you have reached this page by accident or by searching, I must warn you that these are micro shells from my personal collection and I am just learning to scan and identify them. New shells and scans are being added frequently and many are just tentatively ided or not ided at all. Use at your own risk! (Avril B)

TC: tropical cyclone
C: Commercial
A: Aquaculture
Note: each shell will be linked to it's own page soon (or at least hopefully)
RED: Shells from India

Australian & New Zealand
Small Shells & Micros
Bivalves

 

Chama pulchella
(Reeve, 1846)

 

Dosina anus
(Philippi, 1848)

 

Dreissena polymorpha
(Pallas, 1771)
Zebra Mussel

 

Limatula strangei
(Sowerby, 1872)
Limidae

30.
URL

Three Mile Creek
Townsville, N.Ql;d
in heap on beach after T.C.'Jestin
25-8 March 1997

33.
URL

Otaki Beach
North Island. New Zealand
dead on high tide line
20 Jan. 2002
77.
URL
Marken, IJsselmeer, Netherlands
Fresh water on beach
Coll. Patty Jansen
4/6/1993
80.
URL
Little Bay, NSW
Under intertidal rocks
25 April 2002

Lima nimbifer
(Iredale 1929)
Limidae

 

Cardita excavata
(Deshayes, 1854)

 

Modiolus ostentatus
(Iredale, 1939)
Mytilidae


Mactra turgida
(Gmelin, 1791)
Turgid mactra
82.
URL
LaPerouse, NSW
washed ashore after rain
83.
URL
Kurnell, NSW
84.
URL
Saunders Beach, N. Qld.
On beach after T.C. 'Justin'
27/3/1997
85.
URL
Kurrimine, S of Innisfail, N. Qld.
on beach at high tide
8/6/1996

Asaphis violascens
(Forsskal, 1775)
Psammobiidae

 

Donax deltoides
(Lamarck, 1818)


Mactra australis
(Lamarck,1818)
Cardita excavata
(Deshayes, 1854)

87.
URL
Toolakea Beach, Qld.
Between Intertidal stones
2/5/1994
88.
URL
Pt. Augusta, SA
89.
URL
Middleton Beach, Albany WA
beach at low tide
90.
URL
Manly Shelly Beach, NSW
12/5/1988

Mactra dissimilis
(Reeve, 1845)

Myadora striata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Anadara trapezia
(Deshayes, 1840)
Tapes variegatus
(Sowerby, 1852)
91.
URL
Cullen Bay, Darwin< NT
mid-tidal drift lines
20/7/1996
Coll: & gift: A.W. Klishans
12/8/1996

93.
URL
Wetshore Beach, Napier, New Zealand

94.
URL
Kurnell, NSW
18/12/1988

 

98.
URL
Dampier area, WA
Mavis Wiltshire collection ex: Turnull collection
gift: Tony Gabelish
23/4/1990
# 1698



Tellina inflata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Tellinidea

Acrosterigma reeveanum
(Dunker, 1852)
Cardidae

Dosinia anus
(Philippi, 1848)

Strigella euronia
(Hedley, 1908)
Tellinidae
100.
URL
Three Mile Creek, N. Qld
In heap on beach after T.C. 'Justin'
25-28/3/1997
101.
URL
Qld.
102.
URL
Otaki Beach, North Island, New Zealand
dead on high tide line
20, January 2002
edible! C & A
103.
URL
Cape Kimberley, Qld.

Trisidos tortuosa
(Linne 1758)
arcidae

Solen fonesi
(Dunker, 1862)

Cardita muricata
(Sowerby 1832)
Carditidae

Solen vaginoides
Lamarck, 1818
104.
URL
Saunders Beach, N. Qld.
on beach after T.C. 'Justin'
27/3/1997
105.
URL
Three Mile Creek, N. Qld.
In heap on beach after T.C. 'Justin'
25-28/3/1997
106.
URL
Kissing Point, Townsville Qld.
Under intertidal stones
107.
URL
Chinamen's Beach, NSW
Live on beach after storm
24/11/01

Tellina inflata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Tellinidea

Fragum unedo
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cardiidae
(Strawberry Cockle)

Tapes dorsatus
(Lamark 1818)
Veneridae
 
109.
URL
Three Mile Creek, N. Qld.
In heap on beach after T.C. 'Justin'
25-28/3/1997
110.
URL
Lagoon near Denham, Shark Bay
Dead on intertidal and flats
13 January 1992
112.
URL
Chinmen's Beach, NSW
8 November, 2001
Edible: A