Species Guide — Marine Life — Shellfish

Marine
Life

Subcategory: Shellfish
Shellfish

Shellfish

183 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Phasianella australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

People’s Top Shell

Clanculus plebejus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Patelloida latistrigata

A Chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pigmented chiton

Ischnochiton lentiginosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Placid Frilled Venus

Placamen placidum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pointed Kelp Shell

Phasianotrochus apicinus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Posterior Keyhole Limpet

Macroschisma tasmaniae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Pure Trough Shell

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Purple Mouthed Rock Shell

Bedeva vinosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pygmy Date Shell

Solemya velesiana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pygmy Margin Shell

Mesoginella pygmaeoides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Equichlamys bifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Rainbow Kelp Shell

Phasianotrochus irisodontes

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Rayed Keyhole Limpet

Amblychilepas javanicensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Red Mouthed Dove-Shell

Pseudamycla miltostoma

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Ribbed Buccinum Whelk

Cominella eburnea

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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

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 small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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