A Survey of the Molluscs of Crib Point, Western Port, Victoria

Summary

A survey of the benthos of the Crib Point area of Western Port conducted in 196 has yielded quantitative data on the abundance and distribution of molluscs in that region, Sixteen species of Amphineura, sixty-six species of Gastropoda and thirty-nine species of Bivalvia were collected Twelve of these one hundred and twenty-one species provided sixty per cent of the three thousand eight hundred individuals recorded. Micromytillus francisensis Cotton. 1931 was recorded from Victoria for the first time.