Species Guide — Family

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Mytilidae

Every species recorded at or below this family.
Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Autobranchia › Pteriomorphia › Mytilida

5 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Brachidontes erosus

Mussles clustered together on a rock

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Mytilus galloprovincialis

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

Musculus impactus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

New Zealand Hairy Mussel

Modiolus areolatus

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

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

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

This one is about 8mm in size <br><br> #tasmania #tasmaniaparks #marinebiology #discovertasmania #visitnorthtas #instatasmania #seetasmania #tomahawk #lutruwita #dorsettasmania #northeasttasmania #visitnortheasttasmania