Species list by common name - alphabetical, letter o

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

oblique cockle (Acrosterigma cygnorum)

oblique nutlet-shell (Ennucula obliqua)

oblique sinistral-creeper (Inella obliqua)

oblong olive (Amalda oblonga)

obtuse olive (Amalda obtusa)

obtuse urchin-snail (Curveulima obtusa)

ochraceous margin-shell (Alaginella ochracea)

octona top-shell (Leiopyrga octona)

octopleuron tusk-shell (Dentalium octopleuron)

oily top-shell (Archiminolia oleacea)

olivaceous false rice-shell (Pisinna olivacea)

olive margin-shell (Mesoginella olivella)

omicron keyhole-limpet (Amblychilepas omicron)

open fossarina (Fossarina patula)

opulent creeper (Glyptozaria opulenta)

orange-edged limpet (Cellana solida)

orange-red pyramid-shell (Syrnola aurantiaca)

oriental file-shell (Limaria orientalis)

ornate false-turrid (Filodrillia ornata)

ornate sea-slug (Austraeolis ornata)

ornate slit-shell (Scissurella ornata)

orthopleura urchin-snail (Melanella orthopleura)

orukta chiton (Rhyssoplax orukta)

oval trough-shell (Mactra antecedens)

ovate lepton (Lepton ovatum)

ovate lepton (Mysella ovata)

overlooked margin-shell (Austroginella praetermissa)

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