Species Guide — Family

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Veneridae

Every species recorded at or below this family.
Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Autobranchia › Imparidentia › Cardiida › Cardiidina › Hyporder VENEROIDEI › Minorder VENEROITEI › Veneroidea

12 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tawera lagopus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Blue-tinged Dosinia

Dosinia caerulea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Boring Venus Shell

Irus crenatus

Brown and white shell of Callista diemenensis on the sand

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Diemenensis Venus Shell

Notocallista diemenensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Frilled Venus Shell

Bassina disjecta

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

Venerupis galactites

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Placid Frilled Venus

Placamen placidum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Katelysia scalarina

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Shining Venus Shell

Eumarcia fumigata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Irus carditoides

White and yellowish shell of Dosinia crocea on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Yellowish Dosinia

Dosinia crocea

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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 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

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

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