Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

Marine
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Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

179 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Maltese Cross Limpet

Patelloida insignis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Mangrove Air Breather

Ophicardelus ornatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Menke's Dove Shell

Mitrella menkeana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Venerupis galactites

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Bedeva paivae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ostrea angasi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Necklace Weed Shell

Phasianotrochus bellulus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Musculus impactus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

New Holland Spindle Shell

Propefusus novaehollandiae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

New Zealand Hairy Mussel

Modiolus areolatus

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

New Zealand Screw Shell

Maoricolpus roseus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Notched False Limpet

Emarginula candida

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Oblique Southern Cockle

Acrosterigma cygnorum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Orange-Edged Limpet

Cellana solida

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Magallana gigas

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Phasianella australis

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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

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

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