Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

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Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

179 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Adelaide Periwinkle

Chlorodiloma adelaidae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Air-breathing Limpet

Siphonaria diemenensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Conus anemone

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Angas Bubble Shell

Philine angasi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Prototyphis angasi

A small marine gastropod on a rock in the water

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Atkinsons dove-shell

Anachis atkinsoni

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Australian Tulip Shell

Australaria australasia

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Barbatia pistachia

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Banded Dog Whelk

Nassarius pyrrhus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Banded Kelp Shell

Bankivia fasciata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tawera lagopus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Brachidontes erosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Beraud’s Turrid

Austrodrillia beraudiana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Black Keyhole Limpet

Amblychilepas nigrita

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Black-lipped Abalone

Haliotis rubra

Mussles clustered together on a rock

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Mytilus galloprovincialis

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A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

A marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) <br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/thysanozoon-brocchii

A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi