Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

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Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

179 species documented

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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

A brown and white marine snail on a wet sandy beach

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Amoria undulata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Western Black Nerite

Nerita atramentosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

White Cleidothaerus

Cleidothaerus albidus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Irus carditoides

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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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach