Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

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Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

183 species documented

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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

A white gastropod shell on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

The Ivory Triton

Cymatiella eburnea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Thin-ribbed Cockle

Fulvia tenuicostata

A yellowish chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Three-ribbed chiton

Rhyssoplax tricostalis

Pterochelus triformis shell laying on a beach washed up

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Three-shaped Murex

Pterochelus triformis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Titan Lamellaria

Lamellaria ophione

Close up image of the shell of Barnea obturamentum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tongue-shaped Angel's Wing

Barnea obturamentum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ischnochiton torri

A top down view of a vhite bivalve shell on rocks

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Triangular Tellin

Macomona deltoidalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Triton Like Rock Shell

Agnewia tritoniformis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Turbinate Margin Shell

Mesoginella turbinata

The small shell of Naricava vincentiana on top of other shells

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Vincentian vanikoro

Naricava vincentiana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Wavy Spindle Shell

Propefusus undulatus

A brownish black spotted top shell amongst seaweed washed up

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Clanculus undatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Lunella undulata

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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

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

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach