Species list by common name - alphabetical, letter l

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

labrotoma false rice-shell (Pisinna labrotoma)

lacerated screw-shell (Colpospira runcinata)

laddered truncatella (Truncatella scalarina)

Lallemantian false-turrid (Guraleus lallemantianus)

laminated trophon (Gemixystus laminatus)

large urchin-snail (Eulima augur)

large-webbed squid (Histioteuthis macrohista)

lateral-striped limpet (Patelloida latistrigata)

latticed false-turrid (Exomilus cancellatus)

latticed rice-shell (Merelina cancellata)

Lauretan’s auger (Terebra lauretanae)

Layard’s rice-shell (Lironoba layardi)

leafy bonnet-limpet (Antisabia foliacea)

leafy false-top-shell (Liotella petalifera)

leafy false-turrid (Nepotilla lamellosa)

least lucine (Epicodakia consettiana)

least margin-shell (Cystiscus minutissimus)

Legrand’s dove-shell (Zafra legrandi)

Legrand’s false-turrid (Asperdaphne legrandi)

Legrand’s fossarina (Fossarina legrandi)

Legrand’s notch-limpet (Zeidora legrandi)

Legrand’s top-shell (Calliostoma legrandi)

Legrand’s urchin-snail (Melanella legrandi)

Lehmann’s kelp-shell (Prothalotia lehmanni)

Lehmann’s top-shell (Notogibbula lehmanni)

lengthened chiton (Ischnochiton elongatus elongatus)

lesser wentletrap (Epitonium minorum)

Lesueur’s chiton (Acanthochitona sueurii)

Lesueur’s sea-butterfly (Limacina lesueuri)

Letourneuxian false-turrid (Turrella letourneuxiana)

likeable false-cockle (Venericardia amabilis)

limpet-like sea-slug (Onchidella nigricans)

lined bubble-shell (Bullina lineata)

lined chiton (Ischnochiton lineolatus)

lined dumpling-squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)

lined keyhole-limpet (Diodora lineata)

lined pearly-mussel (Amygdalum lineum)

lined top-shell (Leiopyrga lineolaris)

lined whelk (Cominella lineolata)

lipped false-top-shell (Crossea labiata)

lipped helmet (Semicassis labiata)

lipped rice-shell (Merelina cheilostoma)

Lischkean coral-snail (Babelomurex lischkeanus)

little bean venus (Venerupis anomala)

little bubble-shell (Haminoea maugeansis)

little dog-whelk (Nassarius nigellus)

little smeagol (Smeagol parvulus)

Loddera’s coral-snail (Scalenostoma lodderae)

Loddera’s glass-shell (Lodderia lodderae)

Loddera’s margin-shell (Dentimargo lodderae)

Loddera’s notch-limpet (Zeidora lodderae)

Loddera’s urchin-snail (Eulima lodderae)

long seagrass-chiton (Stenochiton longicymba)

luminous bay-squid (Loliolus noctiluca)

luminous squid (Eucleoteuthis luminosa)

lumpy sea-lemon (Hoplodoris nodulosa)

lurid dove-shell (Anachis lurida)

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