Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

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Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

183 species documented

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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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

White Mouthed Dove Shell

Mitrella leucostoma

White and yellowish shell of Dosinia crocea on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Yellowish Dosinia

Dosinia crocea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Zebra Top Snail

Austrocochlea porcata

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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