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

Southern Periwinkle

Austrocochlea constricta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Sponge Finger

Vulsella ovata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Wentletrap

Opalia australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Speckled Periwinkle

Diloma concameratum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Speckled Top Shell

Herpetopoma aspersum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Spengler's Triton

Cabestana spengleri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Strange's File Shell

Limatula strangei

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Strange's Watering-Pot Shell

Humphreyia strangei

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striate Bittersweet Clam

Glycymeris striatularis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striate Leathery Chiton

Cryptoplax striata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striped-mouth Conniwink

Bembicium nanum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tall-Ribbed Limpet

Patelloida alticostata

Orange shell of Nassarius nigellus amongst dead seaweed on the beach

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Dog Whelk

Nassarius nigellus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Margin Shell

Austroginella tasmanica

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian turrid

Guraleus tasmanicus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Thin-ribbed Cockle

Fulvia tenuicostata

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A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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