Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Veneridae

Tapes conspersus

(Gmelin, 1791)
Shell: medium, ranging from 45-52 mm.


Specimens

Amity Point,  Australia
Size: 52.88mm    Collected: 1988
No data.

Pancake Creek,  Australia
Size: 45mm    Collected: 1998
In sandy mud at low tide.

Western Australia,  Australia
Size: mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

South Passage, Shark Bay,  Australia
Size: 52.6mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from sand and sea grass beds at 5-10m by diver.

Local Island,  Papua New Guinea
Size: mm    Collected: 1984
found dead in sand and sea grass in 1.5m of water