Abstract
A death assemblage of molluscs that had washed up on Rosebud Beach in Victoria, Australia was sampled by beach combing the strandline in August 1982. A total of ten species belonging to bivalves were identified. Faunal analysis revealed that 60% of the specimens were sandy species, and the remaining 40% were rocky species. From the viewpoint of habitat preference, sheltered shore species were dominant, suggesting that the observed species composition represented fauna typical of an embayment environment. Long-term surveys of species diversity and species composition in marine environments is very important to evaluate environmental changes such as global warming and marine pollution.
https://ror.org/02gn38d51 
