Species list by common name - alphabetical, letter p

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

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

Pacific slit-shell (Sinezona pacifica)

Pacific squid (Leachia pacificus)

pagoda false-turrid (Eucithara pagoda)

painted false-turrid (Guraleus pictus)

painted kelp-shell (Cantharidella picturata)

painted-lady pheasant-shell (Phasianella australis)

pale dove-shell (Aesopus pallidulus)

pale octopus (Octopus pallidus)

pale sea-slug (Polybranchia pallens)

pale-purple sea-slug (Dendrodoris albopurpura)

pallid sinistral-creeper (Bouchetriphora pallida)

paltry eaton-shell (Eatoniella exigua)

paltry peanut-shell (Austrocylichna exigua)

paltry sea-slug (Noalda exigua)

paltry semele (Abra exigua)

pandora-like myadora (Myadora pandoriformis)

pan-pipes murex (Siphonochelus syringianus)

paper bubble-shell (Diaphana tasmanica)

Parkinson’s rock-whelk (Sassia parkinsoniana)

parmophoid notch-limpet (Tugali parmophoidea)

Pauluccia’s mussel (Musculus nanus)

pauper dog-whelk (Nassarius pauper)

pear helmet (Semicassis pyrum)

pearly brooch-shell (Neotrigonia margaritacea)

pearly tellin (Merisca margaritina)

peculiar sea-slug (Doriopsilla peculiaris)

pelagic octopus (Amphitretus pelagicus)

pelagic sea-slug (Scyllaea pelagica)

penelevis limopsis (Limopsis penelevis)

pentagonal false-turrid (Exomilus pentagonalis)

people’s top-shell (Clanculus plebejus)

peppered cowrie (Notocypraea piperita)

perished tusk-shell (Gadila occiduus)

peroblique lucine (Codakia perobliqua)

Peron’s carrier-shell (Xenophora peroniana peroniana)

Peron’s thracia (Thraciopsis peroniana)

Peron’s venus (Katelysia peronii)

perplexed sea-slug (Digidentis perplexa)

persephone octopus (Opisthoteuthis persephone)

pervalid myadora (Myadora pervalida)

Petterd’s fossarina (Fossarina petterdi)

Petterd’s limpet (Notoacmea petterdi)

Petterd’s pyramid-shell (Puposyrnola petterdi)

Petterd’s trophon (Litozamia petterdi)

Petterd’s urchin-snail (Curveulima petterdi)

Pfeffer’s squid (Helicocranchia pfefferi)

Philip Island top-shell (Spectamen philippensis)

Philipiner’s turrid (Epidirona philipineri)

Philipp’s top-shell (Clanculus philippi)

pie sea-slug (Doto pita)

pierced lepton (Melliteryx acupuncta)

pigmented chiton (Ischnochiton lentiginosus)

Pilsbry’s chiton (Acanthochitona pilsbryi)

Pilsbry’s seagrass-chiton (Stenochiton pilsbryanus)

pink-tipped kelp-shell (Phasianotrochus rutilis)

pink-tipped rock-whelk (Sassia eburnea)

pitted keyhole-limpet (Cosmetalepas concatenatus)

placid venus (Placamen placidum)

plain chiton (Eudoxochiton inornata)

plaited dove-shell (Retizafra plexa)

planorbid sea-butterfly (Limacina inflata)

plated acteon (Obrussena bracteata)

plated squid (Lycoteuthis lorigera)

platform pyramid-shell (Koloonella anabathron)

platonic margin-shell (Gibberula agapeta)

ploughed spoon-shell (Cuspidaria exarata)

plump cowrie (Notocypraea subcarnea)

pluto octopus (Opisthoteuthis pluto)

Point Nepean false-top-shell (Brookula nepeanensis)

Point Puer rice-shell (Onoba puer)

pointed dove-shell (Mitrella menkeana)

pointed false-turrid (Guraleus cuspis)

pointed kelp-shell (Phasianotrochus apicinus)

pointed peanut-shell (Tornatina apicina)

pointed-tipped urchin-snail (Hypermastus mucronatus)

polished tusk-shell (Laevidentalium lubricatum)

Ponder’s sundial-shell (Heliacus ponderi)

porcellain false-top-shell (Putilla porcellana)

Port Jackson false-turrid (Guraleus jacksonensis)

Port Jackson trough-shell (Mactra jacksonensis)

Port Kembla margin-shell (Dentimargo kemblensis)

Port Lincoln dove-shell (Mitrella lincolnensis)

Port Lincoln thracia (Thracia lincolnensis)

Portsea pyramid-shell (Linopyrga portseaensis)

Preissian top-shell (Notogibbula preissiana)

pretty chiton (Notoplax speciosa)

pretty false-turrid (Marita bella)

pretty murex (Phyllocoma speciosa)

Pretzger’s slipper-limpet (Bostrycapulus pretzgeri)

pre-worked rice-shell (Attenuata praetornatilis)

projecting condyl-clam (Condylocuna projecta)

projecting sea-slug (Aegires exeches)

protolined dextral-creeper (Metaxia protolineata)

Pulleinean scallop (Talochlamys pulleineana)

punctured limpet (Naccula punctata)

puniceolineate eaton-shell (Eatoniella puniceolinea)

punishing sea-slug (Flabellina poenicia)

purple sunset-shell (Gari livida)

purple volute-mitre (Peculator porphyria)

purple-mouthed rock-shell (Haustrum vinosum)

pygmy canoe-shell (Retusa pygmaea)

pygmy margin-shell (Mesoginella pygmaeoides)

pyramid sea-butterfly (Clio pyramidata)

pyrrhus dog-whelk (Nassarius pyrrhus)

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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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