Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

Marine
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Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

179 species documented

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An orangey brownish shell on the stem of a brown algae underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Phasianotrochus eximius

A brownish red shell of the marine gastropd Phycothais reticulata washed up

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Knobbly Rock Shell

Phycothais reticulata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Divalucina cumingi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Laddered Truncatella

Truncatella scalarina

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Magellania flavescens

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Leafy Bonnet Limpet

Antisabia foliacea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Legrand’s Top Shell

Calliostoma legrandi

A greenish shell with blak marks on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Lineated Cominella

Cominella lineolata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Bean Tapes

Venerupis anomala

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Black Mussel

Xenostrobus pulex

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Blue Periwinkle

Austrolittorina unifasciata

A brown and cream colour marine snail on a brown seaweed

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little Bubble Shell

Papawera maugeansis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Southern Triton

Cymatiella verrucosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little Sponge Creeper

Ataxocerithium serotinum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little White Tellen

Tellinota albinella

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Long Dove Shell

Mitrella tenuis

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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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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach