Species list by common name - alphabetical, letter c

According to available records, the following species occur in Tasmanian waters:

Cameron’s sea-lemon (Doris cameroni)

Cape Borda episiphon tusk-shell (Episiphon bordaensis)

Cape Borda gadila tusk-shell (Gadila bordaensis)

Cape Jaffa dove-shell (Paxula jaffaensis)

Cape Jaffa false-top-shell (Eudaronia jaffaensis)

Cape Jaffa margin-shell (Dentimargo jaffa)

Cape Pillar bubble-shell (Philine columnaria)

Cape Pillar chiton (Leptochiton columnarius)

Cape Pillar dove-shell (Zafra columnaria)

Cape Pillar epigrus (Epigrus columnarius)

Cape Pillar false-cockle (Venericardia columnaria)

Cape Pillar false-turrid (Filodrillia columnaria)

Cape Pillar margin-shell (Hydroginella columnaria)

Cape Pillar rock-whelk (Sassia columnaria)

Cape Pillar top-shell (Calliostoma columnarium)

Cape Pillar trophon (Benthoxystus columnarius)

Cape Pillar urchin-snail (Hebeulima columnaria)

Cape Thouin margin-shell (Cystiscus thouinensis)

capiticava pyramid-shell (Liostomia capiticava)

captured worm-shell (Petaloconchus caperatus)

cardita-like boring-venus (Irus carditoides)

carnelian sea-slug (Doriopsilla carneola)

cassandra dove-shell (Aesopus cassandra)

chained sand-snail (Polinices catenoides)

Chapman’s limpet (Scutellastra chapmani)

Chapman’s neolepton (Puyseguria chapmani)

charming trophon (Pagodula venusta)

checkered australwink (Afrolittorina praetermissa)

cheek margin-shell (Cystiscus bucca)

chequered top-shell (Chlorodiloma odontis)

chestnut false eaton-shell (Eatoniopsis castanea)

choice kelp-shell (Phasianotrochus eximius)

chrysalis-like false rice-shell (Badepigrus pupoides)

circinaria dosinia (Dosinia circinaria)

circumlabra false rice-shell (Pisinna circumlabra)

Clarke’s whelk (Tasmeuthria clarkei)

close-lined liotia (Austroliotia densilineata)

Close’s sea-slug (Noumea closeorum)

clothed sinistral-creeper (Nototriphora vestita)

cloud file-shell (Lima nimbifer)

club pygmy octopus (Octopus warringa)

cockle-like venus (Timoclea cardioides)

collared sinistral-creeper (Eutriphora armillata)

collared turrid (Epidirona torquata)

Colman’s tusk-shell (Bathoxiphus colmani)

colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)

columnar false-turrid (Mitromorpha columnaria)

combed condyl-clam (Condylocardia pectinata)

combed cosa (Cosa pectinata)

comet condyl-clam (Condylocardia cometa)

comma condyl-clam (Warrana comma)

commensal urchin-snail (Curveulima commensalis)

common beaked-mussel (Austromytilus rostratus)

common bean-shell (Cyamiomactra communis)

common butterfly-shell (Electroma georgiana)

common cartrut-shell (Dicathais orbita)

common dog-cockle (Glycymeris striatularis)

common ear-shell (Stomatella impertusa)

common elephant-snail (Scutus antipodes)

common monk-shell (Plesiotrochus monachus)

common mud-creeper (Zeacumantus diemenensis)

common mud-lucine (Wallucina assimilis)

common mud-oyster (Ostrea angasi)

common otter-shell (Lutraria rhynchaena)

common paper-nautilus (Argonauta argo)

common pipi (Donax deltoides)

common pyramid-shell (Puposyrnola tasmanica)

common ramshorn-squid (Spirula spirula)

common sand-snail (Neverita aulacoglossa)

common seagrass-chiton (Stenochiton cymodocealis)

common sea-slug (Midorigai australis)

common shelf-limpet (Calyptraea calyptraeformis)

common shipworm (Teredo navalis)

common siphon-shell (Siphonaria diemenensis)

common slipper-limpet (Maoricrypta immersa)

common sponge-finger (Vulsella spongiarum)

common tusk-shell (Gadila spretus)

common umbrella-shell (Umbraculum umbraculum)

common violet-snail (Janthina janthina)

common worm-shell (Serpulorbis sipho)

compact false-top-shell (Liotella compacta)

complex myadora (Myadora complexa)

compressed condyl-clam (Cunanax compressa)

Compton’s cowrie (Notocypraea comptoni)

comrade sea-slug (Chromodoris epicuria)

concentric condyl-clam (Cuna concentrica)

concentric nucinellid (Huxleyia concentrica)

cone-bearing sea-slug (Acanthodoris metulifera)

confused rissoella (Rissoella confusa robertsoni)

conical kelp-shell (Thalotia conica)

conical lung-limpet (Trimusculus conicus)

conical sand-snail (Polinices conica)

connecting margin-shell (Cystiscus connectans)

contrary trough-shell (Mactra contraria)

Cook’s sea-slug (Paliolla cooki)

corded siphon-shell (Siphonaria funiculata)

Cordisme’s screw-shell (Colpospira cordismei)

corroding limpet (Notoacmea corrodenda)

cousin cap-shell (Icuncula consobrina)

cousin margin-shell (Mesoginella consobrina)

covra nutlet-shell (Nucula covra)

Cox’s basket-shell (Serracorbula coxi)

Cox’s chiton (Acanthochitona coxi)

Cox’s top-shell (Notogibbula bicarinata)

Cox’s turrid (Vexitomina coxi)

Cox’s urchin-snail (Hypermastus coxi)

crater margin-shell (Cystiscus cratericulus)

Crawford’s sea-lemon (Discodoris crawfordi)

crossed keyhole-limpet (Amblychilepas crucis)

cryptic air-breather (Salinator tecta)

cryptozoic lepton (Scintillona cryptozoica)

Cuming’s boring-venus (Irus cumingii)

cuneiform gastrochaena (Gastrochaena cuneiformis)

curved rock-whelk (Sassia kampyla)

curvy notch-limpet (Emarginula curvamen)

cylindrical epigrus (Epigrus cylindraceus)

cylindrical false-creeper (Socienna cylindricum)

cymbal margin-shell (Cystiscus cymbalum)

latticed false-top-shell (Crossea cancellata)

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Information and disclaimer: The web-pages on this web-site are generated from an underlying database. These can be cited as Grove, S.J. (2011). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania web-site and database respectively. Whilst great care is taken to accurately identify specimens featured on this web-site and to allocate all records to the most appropriate taxonomic names available, no guarantee is offered that all identifications are accurate, nor that the taxa to which they have been allocated are currently valid. Commentaries on habitat, distribution and biology are also subject to change as new information comes to light. If you have any enquiries, or any comments that will help improve the content or appearance of these pages, then please follow the links from 'contact' on the left-hand panel.

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