A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Sat Apr 09 21:38:33 Tasmania Standard Time 2011

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List of species for which images are available - alphabetical

Acanthochitona sueurii (Lesueur’s chiton)

Aclophoropsis festiva (festive sinistral-creeper)

Aclophoropsis maculosa (blotched sinistral-creeper)

Acremodontina translucida (translucent ataphrid)

Acrosterigma cygnorum (oblique cockle)

Adamnestia arachis (spireless peanut-shell)

Adelphotectonica reevei (Reeve’s sundial-shell)

Aegires exeches (projecting sea-slug)

Aesopus plurisulcatus (many-grooved dove-shell)

Afrolittorina praetermissa (checkered australwink)

Agnewia tritoniformis (triton-like rock-shell)

Alaba monile (spotted alaba)

Alcyna kingensis (King Island kelp-shell)

Amalda edithae (Edith’s olive)

Amalda marginata (margined olive)

Amalda petterdi (spindle-shaped olive)

Amblychilepas javanicensis (rayed keyhole-limpet)

Amblychilepas nigrita (black keyhole-limpet)

Amoria undulata (wavy volute)

Anadara trapezia (mud ark-shell)

Anapella cycladea (smooth-toothed triangle)

Antisabia foliacea (leafy bonnet-limpet)

Aphelodoris berghi (Bergh’s sea-lemon)

Aplysia juliana (Julian sea-hare)

Aplysia parvula (small sea-hare)

Aplysia sydneyensis (Sydney sea-hare)

Archidoris wellingtonensis (Wellington sea-lemon)

Argobuccinum pustulosum (flag triton)

Argonauta nodosus (knobbly paper-nautilus)

Ascobulla fischeri (Fischer’s bubble-shell)

Astele armillatum (jewelled top-shell)

Astele incertum (sinistral top-shell)

Astele rubiginosum (ruddy top-shell)

Astele subcarinatum (giant top-shell)

Astralium aureum (golden star-shell)

Astralium squamiferum (scaly star-shell)

Ataxocerithium serotinum (square-mouthed false-creeper)

Atrina tasmanica (Tasmanian pen-shell)

Austraeolis ornata (ornate sea-slug)

Austrocochlea brevis (short top-shell)

Austrocochlea constricta (ribbed top-shell)

Austrocochlea porcata (striped top-shell)

Austrodrillia beraudiana (Beraud’s turrid)

Austroginella formicula (ant-like margin-shell)

Austroginella johnstoni (Johnston’s margin-shell)

Austroginella muscaria (fly-like margin-shell)

Austroginella tasmanica (Tasmanian margin-shell)

Austroliotia australis (southern liotia)

Austrolittorina unifasciata (banded australwink)

Austromitra analogica (analog ribbed-mitre)

Austromitra tasmanica (Tasmanian ribbed-mitre)

Austromytilus rostratus (common beaked-mussel)

Bankivia fasciata (banded kelp-shell)

Barbatia pistachia (hairy ark-shell)

Barbatia reticulata (scaly ark-shell)

Barnea obturamentum (tongue-shaped angel-wing)

Bassina pachyphylla (faintly-frilled venus)

Batillariella estuarina (estuarine mud-creeper)

Bedeva paivae (mussel drill)

Belloliva leucozona (white-zoned olive)

Bembicium auratum (estuarine conniwink)

Bembicium melanostoma (black-mouth conniwink)

Bembicium nanum (striped conniwink)

Berthella medietas (mid-point sea-slug)

Brachidontes erosus (eroded beaked-mussel)

Bulla quoyii (Botany Bay bubble-shell)

Cabestana spengleri (Spengler’s rock-whelk)

Cabestana tabulata (Waterhouse’s rock-whelk)

Cacozeliana granaria (grainy creeper)

Caldukia affinis (related sea-slug)

Calliostoma allporti (Allport’s top-shell)

Calliostoma hedleyi (Hedley’s top-shell)

Calliostoma legrandi (Legrand’s top-shell)

Callista diemenensis (Tasmanian callista)

Callista kingii (King’s callista)

Calyptraea calyptraeformis (common shelf-limpet)

Cancellaria granosa (grainy nutmeg-shell)

Cancellaria lactea (milky nutmeg-shell)

Cancellaria purpuriformis (grooved nutmeg-shell)

Cancellaria spirata (excavated nutmeg-shell)

Cancellaria undulata (wavy nutmeg-shell)

Cardiolucina crassilirata (thick-grooved lucine)

Cardita excavata (excavated false-cockle)

Cellana solida (orange-edged limpet)

Ceratosoma brevicaudatum (short-tailed sea-slug)

Charonia lampas rubicunda (reddish rock-whelk)

Chiton glaucus (green chiton)

Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Adelaide top-shell)

Chlorodiloma odontis (chequered top-shell)

Chromodoris alternata (alternate sea-slug)

Chromodoris ambigua (doubtful sea-slug)

Circomphalus disjecta (wedding-cake venus)

Circulus harriettae (Harrietta’s glass-shell)

Cirsotrema translucida (translucent wentletrap)

Clanculus albanyensis (Albany top-shell)

Clanculus aloysii (Saint Aloysius’ top-shell)

Clanculus dunkeri (Dunker’s top-shell)

Clanculus flagellatus (flamed top-shell)

Clanculus limbatus (keeled top-shell)

Clanculus plebejus (people’s top-shell)

Clanculus undatus (wavy top-shell)

Cleidothaerus albidus (white rock-clam)

Colpospira australis (southern screw-shell)

Cominella eburnea (ivory whelk)

Cominella lineolata (lined whelk)

Cominella tasmanica (Tasmanian whelk)

Condylocardia limaeformis (file-like condyl-clam)

Condylocardia notoaustralis (non-southern condyl-clam)

Condylocardia pectinata (combed condyl-clam)

Condylocuna projecta (projecting condyl-clam)

Conus anemone (anemone cone)

Conus rutilus (fiery cone)

Coralliophila wilsoni (Wilson’s coral-snail)

Coxiella striata (streaky coxiella)

Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster)

Cryptassiminea tasmanica (Tasmanian assiminea)

Cryptoplax striata (streaky fleshy-chiton)

Cumia mestayerae (Mestayer’s whelk)

Cuna concentrica (concentric condyl-clam)

Cuna delta (triangle condyl-clam)

Cunanax compressa (compressed condyl-clam)

Cupidoliva nympha (nymph olive)

Cymatium parthenopeum (hairy rock-whelk)

Dendrodoris nigra (black sea-slug)

Dentimargo mayii (May’s margin-shell)

Dermomurex goldsteini (Goldstein’s murex)

Diaphana tasmanica (paper bubble-shell)

Dicathais orbita (common cartrut-shell)

Diloma concamerata (tessellated top-shell)

Diplodonta tasmanica (Tasmanian globe-shell)

Divalucina cumingi (v-marked lucine)

Domiporta strangei (Strange’s mitre)

Donax deltoides (common pipi)

Doriopsilla carneola (carnelian sea-slug)

Dosinia caerulea (blue-tinged dosinia)

Dosinia crocea (yellowish dosinia)

Dosinia grata (grata dosinia)

Dosinia victoriae (Victorian dosinia)

Duplicaria ustulata (scorched auger)

Edenttellina typica (typical sea-slug)

Electroma georgiana (common butterfly-shell)

Ellatrivia merces (southern ribbed-cowrie)

Emarginula candida (white notch-limpet)

Emarginula dilecta (esteemed notch-limpet)

Epicodakia tatei (Tate’s lucine)

Epidirona philipineri (Philipiner’s turrid)

Epitonium jukesianum (Jukes’ wentletrap)

Epitonium minorum (lesser wentletrap)

Equichlamys bifrons (queen scallop)

Ericusa papillosa (nippled volute)

Ericusa sowerbyi (Sowerby’s volute)

Ethminolia probabilis (May’s top-shell)

Ethminolia vitiliginea (blotchy top-shell)

Etrema bicolor (bicoloured false-turrid)

Etrema denseplicata (densely-ribbed false-turrid)

Eucrassatella kingicola (King Island thickshell-clam)

Eulima augur augur (large urchin-snail)

Eumarcia fumigata (smoky venus)

Eunaticina umbilicata (umbilicated sand-snail)

Favartia brazieri (Brazier’s murex)

Felaniella globularis (inflated globe-shell)

Flabellina poenicia (punishing sea-slug)

Friginatica beddomei (Beddome’s sand-snail)

Fulvia tenuicostata (thin-ribbed cockle)

Fusinus novaehollandiae (New Holland spindle-shell)

Fusinus undulatus (wavy spindle-shell)

Gari kenyoniana (Kenyon’s sunset-shell)

Gari livida (purple sunset-shell)

Gazameda gunnii (Gunn’s screw-shell)

Gazameda tasmanica (Tasmanian screw-shell)

Glycymeris grayana (Gray’s dog-cockle)

Glycymeris radians (radiant dog-cockle)

Glycymeris striatularis (common dog-cockle)

Granata imbricata (tiled top-shell)

Gregariella barbata (hairy mussel)

Guraleus mitralis (mitre-like false-turrid)

Guraleus pictus (painted false-turrid)

Haliotis laevigata (greenlip abalone)

Haliotis rubra (blacklip abalone)

Haliotis scalaris emmae (Emma’s abalone)

Haminoea maugeansis (little bubble-shell)

Hastula brazieri (Brazier’s auger)

Haustrum baileyanum (Bailey’s rock-shell)

Haustrum vinosum (purple-mouthed rock-shell)

Hemitoma subemarginata (giant notch-limpet)

Herpetopoma aspersa (speckled top-shell)

Herpetopoma scabriuscula (rough top-shell)

Hiatella australis (southern crypt-dweller)

Hipponix australis (southern bonnet-limpet)

Hoplodoris nodulosa (lumpy sea-lemon)

Humphreyia strangei (Strange’s watering-pot)

Hydrococcus brazieri (Brazier’s hydrococcus)

Irus carditoides (cardita-like boring-venus)

Irus crebrelamellatus (flacky boring-venus)

Irus crenatus (scaly boring-venus)

Irus griseus (Tasmanian boring-venus)

Ischnochiton australis (southern chiton)

Ischnochiton torri (Torr’s chiton)

Janthina exigua (globose violet-snail)

Janthina janthina (common violet-snail)

Jorunna hartleyi (Hartley’s sea-lemon)

Kaloplocamus BURN sp 01 (BURN sp 01 kaloplocamus sea-slug)

Katelysia rhytiphora (ridged venus)

Katelysia scalarina (stepped venus)

Kellia rotunda (rounded lepton)

Lamellaria ophione (titan lamellaria)

Lasaea australis (southern lasaea)

Laternula attenuata (tapered lantern-shell)

Laternula rostrata (Tasmanian lantern-shell)

Leiopyrga octona (octona top-shell)

Leuconopsis pellucidus (transparent air-breather)

Liloa brevis (short bubble-shell)

Lima nimbifer (cloud file-shell)

Limaria orientalis (oriental file-shell)

Limatula strangei (Strange’s file-shell)

Limnoperna inconstans (variable mussel)

Limnoperna pulex (flea mussel)

Limnoperna securis (axe-head mussel)

Litozamia brazieri (Brazier’s trophon)

Litozamia petterdi (Petterd’s trophon)

Livonia mammilla (false baler)

Lodderia lodderae (Loddera’s glass-shell)

Lottia mixta (mixed limpet)

Lutraria rhynchaena (common otter-shell)

Lyria mitraeformis (mitre-shaped volute)

Macomona deltoidalis (triangular tellin)

Macroschisma tasmaniae (Tasmanian keyhole-limpet)

Macteola anomala (anomalous false-turrid)

Mactra antecedens (oval trough-shell)

Mactra australis (southern trough-shell)

Mactra jacksonensis (Port Jackson trough-shell)

Mactra pura (white trough-shell)

Mactra rufescens (reddish trough-shell)

Madrella sanguinea (blood-red sea-slug)

Maoricolpus roseus (New Zealand screw-shell)

Maoricrypta immersa (common slipper-limpet)

Marikellia solida (solid lepton)

Marinula parva (small air-breather)

Marinula xanthostoma (delicate air-breather)

Marita bella (pretty false-turrid)

Marita compta (margin-like false-turrid)

Melanochlamys queritor (indignant sea-slug)

Merisca margaritina (pearly tellin)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (pygmy margin-shell)

Mesoginella turbinata (top-shaped margin-shell)

Metaxia protolineata (protolined dextral-creeper)

Midorigai australis (common sea-slug)

Mimachlamys asperrima (doughboy scallop)

Mitra badia (dark brown mitre)

Mitra glabra (smooth mitre)

Mitrella austrina (southern dove-shell)

Mitrella leucostoma (white-mouthed dove-shell)

Mitrella lincolnensis (Port Lincoln dove-shell)

Mitrella menkeana (pointed dove-shell)

Mitrella semiconvexa (semiconvex dove-shell)

Mitrella tenuis (white-based dove-shell)

Modiolus albicostatus (white-sided horse-mussel)

Modiolus areolatus (bearded horse-mussel)

Montfortula rugosa (rough notch-limpet)

Munditia mayana (May’s liotia)

Muricopsis umbilicatus (umbilicated murex)

Musculista senhousia (Asian bag-mussel)

Musculus impactus (nesting mussel)

Myadora brevis (short myadora)

Myadora complexa (complex myadora)

Myadora rotundata (Tasmanian myadora)

Myllita auriculata (eared myllita)

Myllita tasmanica (Tasmanian myllita)

Myochama anomioides (saddle myochama)

Myrtea botanica (Botany Bay lucine)

Mysticoncha wilsoni (Wilson’s ear-cowrie)

Mytilus galloprovincialis planulatus (blue mussel)

Naricava vincentiana (Vincentian vanikoro)

Nassarius burchardi (Burchard’s dog-whelk)

Nassarius nigellus (little dog-whelk)

Nassarius pauper (pauper dog-whelk)

Nassarius pauperatus (impoverished dog-whelk)

Nassarius pyrrhus (pyrrhus dog-whelk)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (pearly brooch-shell)

Nerita atramentosa (western black nerite)

Nerita melanotragus (eastern black nerite)

Neverita aulacoglossa (common sand-snail)

Noalda exigua (paltry sea-slug)

Notoacmea alta (tall limpet)

Notoacmea corrodenda (corroding limpet)

Notoacmea flammea (flame limpet)

Notoacmea mayi (May’s limpet)

Notoacmea petterdi (Petterd’s limpet)

Notochlamys hexactes (Tasmanian scallop)

Notocochlis subcostata (scratched necklace-shell)

Notocypraea angustata (brown cowrie)

Notocypraea comptoni (Compton’s cowrie)

Notocypraea declivis (freckled cowrie)

Notocypraea piperita (peppered cowrie)

Notocypraea subcarnea (plump cowrie)

Notogibbula bicarinata (Cox’s top-shell)

Notogibbula lehmanni (Lehmann’s top-shell)

Nuculana crassa (heavy nut-shell)

Numella adamsi (Adams’ globe-shell)

Onchidella nigricans (limpet-like sea-slug)

Opalia australis (southern wentletrap)

Opalia granosa (grainy wentletrap)

Ophicardelus ornatus (mangrove air-breather)

Ostrea angasi (common mud-oyster)

Ovacuna atkinsoni (Atkinson’s condyl-clam)

Ovaginella ovulum (egg margin-shell)

Oxynoe viridis (bright-green sea-slug)

Panopea australis (southern gaper)

Paphies cuneata (wedge-shaped wedge-shell)

Paphies elongata (elongate wedge-shell)

Paphies erycinaea (eryx wedge-shell)

Paradoris dubia (doubtful sea-lemon)

Parviterebra brazieri (Brazier’s dove-shell)

Patella chapmani (Chapman’s limpet)

Patella peronii (scaly limpet)

Patelloida alticostata (tall-ribbed limpet)

Patelloida insignis (Maltese-cross limpet)

Patelloida latistrigata (lateral-striped limpet)

Patelloida profunda calamus (delicate limpet)

Patelloida victoriana (Victorian limpet)

Pecten fumatus (king scallop)

Penion mandarinus (mandarin whelk)

Penion maximus (great whelk)

Periploma angasi (Angas’ lantern-shell)

Petaloconchus caperatus (captured worm-shell)

Phallomedusa solida (solid air-breather)

Phasianella australis (painted-lady pheasant-shell)

Phasianella variegata (variegated pheasant-shell)

Phasianella ventricosa (swollen pheasant-shell)

Phasianotrochus bellulus (beautiful kelp-shell)

Phasianotrochus eximius (choice kelp-shell)

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (rainbow kelp-shell)

Phasianotrochus rutilis (pink-tipped kelp-shell)

Philine angasi (Angas’ bubble-shell)

Philinopsis taronga (Taronga sea-slug)

Philippia lutea (yellow sundial-shell)

Pholas australasiae (Australian angel-wing)

Phycothais reticulata (knobbly rock-shell)

Phyllocoma eburnea (ivory murex)

Phyllocoma speciosa (pretty murex)

Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Macpherson’s sea-slug)

Phyllodesmium serratum (serrated sea-slug)

Placamen placidum (placid venus)

Placida dendritica (dendritic sea-slug)

Plaxiphora albida (whitened chiton)

Plesiotrochus monachus (common monk-shell)

Pleurobranchaea maculata (spotted sea-slug)

Pleuroploca australasia (Australian tulip-shell)

Pododesmus zelandicus (New Zealand saddle-oyster)

Polinices conicus (conical sand-snail)

Polinices tasmanicus (Tasmanian sand-snail)

Polybranchia pallens (pale sea-slug)

Polycera janjukia (Jan Juc sea-slug)

Pratulum thetidis (thetis cockle)

Proterato lachryma (teardrop false-cowrie)

Prototyphis angasi (Angas’ murex)

Pseudamycla dermestoidea (dermestoid dove-shell)

Pseudamycla miltostoma (milky-mouthed dove-shell)

Pseudarcopagia botanica (Botany Bay tellin)

Pseudarcopagia victoriae (Victorian tellin)

Pseudoliotia micans (reflective glass-shell)

Pterochelus triformis (three-cornered murex)

Pyrazus ebeninus (Hercules’ club mud-creeper)

Pyxipoma weldii (Weld’s worm-shell)

Ranella australasia australasia (Australasian rock-whelk)

Risellopsis mutabilis (variable-shaped winkle)

Roburnella wilsoni (Wilson’s roburnella sea-slug)

Rostanga calumus (fake sea-lemon)

Runcina australis (southern sea-slug)

Saccostrea cucullata glomerata (Sydney rock-oyster)

Salinator fragilis (fragile air-breather)

Sassia bassi (Bassian rock-whelk)

Sassia eburnea (pink-tipped rock-whelk)

Sassia epitrema (epitrema rock-whelk)

Sassia parkinsoniana (Parkinson’s rock-whelk)

Sassia sexcostata (six-ribbed rock-whelk)

Sassia subdistorta (distorted rock-whelk)

Sassia verrucosa (warted rock-whelk)

Scutus antipodes (common elephant-snail)

Semicassis labiata (lipped helmet)

Semicassis pyrum (pear helmet)

Semicassis semigranosum (half-grained helmet)

Semipallium aktinos (shagreened scallop)

Sepia apama (giant cuttlefish)

Sepia braggi (Bragg’s cuttlefish)

Sepia cultrata (elongated cuttlefish)

Sepia hedleyi (Hedley’s cuttlefish)

Sepia novaehollandiae (New Holland cuttlefish)

Sepioteuthis australis (southern calamari)

Serpulorbis sipho (common worm-shell)

Serracorbula coxi (Cox’s basket-shell)

Sigapatella hedleyi (Hedley’s shelf-limpet)

Sinum zonale (zoned sinum)

Siphonaria diemenensis (common siphon-shell)

Siphonaria funiculata (corded siphon-shell)

Siphonaria tasmanica (blue siphon-shell)

Solen vaginoides (southern razor-shell)

Soletellina alba (white sunset-shell)

Soletellina biradiata (double-rayed sunset-shell)

Spirula spirula (common ramshorn-squid)

Spisula trigonella (triangular trough-shell)

Spondylus tenellus (slender thorny-oyster)

Spurilla macleayi (Macleay’s sea-slug)

Stephopoma nucleocostata (ribbed-centred worm-shell)

Stomatella impertusa (common ear-shell)

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton)

Tamanovalva babai (Baba’s sea-slug)

Tanea elkingtoni (Elkington’s necklace-shell)

Tasmeuthria clarkei (Clarke’s whelk)

Tawera gallinula (feathered venus)

Tawera lagopus (banded venus)

Tellinella albinella (white tellin)

Tenagodus australis (southern worm-shell)

Thalotia conica (conical kelp-shell)

Thordisa verrucosa (warty sea-lemon)

Thraciopsis peroniana (Peron’s thracia)

Timoclea cardioides (cockle-like venus)

Tricolia rosea (rosy pheasant-shell)

Tricolia variabilis (variable pheasant-shell)

Trimusculus conicus (conical lung-limpet)

Trinchesia BURN sp 03 (BURN sp 03 trinchesia sea-slug)

Truncatella scalarina (laddered truncatella)

Truncatella vincentiana (Vincentian truncatella)

Tucetona flabellata (fan-like dog-cockle)

Tugali cicatricosa (scarred notch-limpet)

Turbo gruneri (Gruner’s turban)

Turbo undulatus (wavy turban)

Turrella letourneuxiana (Letourneuxian false-turrid)

Tylodina corticalis (bark umbrella-shell)

Typhis yatesi (Yates’ murex)

Umbilia hesitata (umbilicated cowrie)

Varicorbula gibba (European basket-shell)

Velacumantus australis (southern mud-creeper)

Venericardia amabilis (likeable false-cockle)

Venericardia bimaculata (splashed false-cockle)

Venericardia rosulenta (rosy false-cockle)

Venerupis anomala (little bean venus)

Venerupis galactites (milk-stone venus)

Venerupis iridescens (irridescent venus)

Venerupis largillierti (New Zealand venus)

Vexillum australe (southern mitre)

Vulsella spongiarum (common sponge-finger)

Waimatea obscura (magpie volute-mitre)

Wallucina assimilis (common mud-lucine)

Zeacumantus diemenensis (common mud-creeper)

Zemira australis (southern false-olive)