Species list by common group-name - alphabetical, letter w

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

watering-pot, many-angled (Dianadema multiangularis)

watering-pot, Strange’s (Humphreyia strangei)

wedge-shell, elongate (Paphies elongata)

wedge-shell, eryx (Paphies erycinaea)

wedge-shell, wedge-shaped (Paphies cuneata)

wentletrap, delicate (Epitonium tenellum)

wentletrap, grainy (Opalia granosa)

wentletrap, Jukes’ (Epitonium jukesianum)

wentletrap, lesser (Epitonium minorum)

wentletrap, Mörch’s (Plastiscala morchi)

wentletrap, southern (Opalia australis)

wentletrap, strong (Cirsotrema valida)

wentletrap, translucent (Cirsotrema translucida)

wentletrap, weak (Plastiscala invalida)

whelk, Bednall’s (Cumia bednalli)

whelk, Clarke’s (Tasmeuthria clarkei)

whelk, great (Penion maximus)

whelk, ivory (Cominella eburnea)

whelk, Kengraham’s (Buccipagoda kengrahami)

whelk, King Island (Tasmeuthria kingicola)

whelk, lined (Cominella lineolata)

whelk, mandarin (Penion mandarinus)

whelk, Mestayer’s (Cumia mestayerae)

whelk, Schouten Island (Cumia schoutanica)

whelk, Tasmanian (Cominella tasmanica)

whelk, thin-ribbed (Fax tenuicostata)

winkle, Bruny (Rufolacuna bruniensis)

winkle, King Island (Macquariella kingensis)

winkle, Maria’s (Laevilitorina mariae)

winkle, variable-shaped (Risellopsis mutabilis)

worm-shell, captured (Petaloconchus caperatus)

worm-shell, common (Serpulorbis sipho)

worm-shell, ribbed-centred (Stephopoma nucleocostata)

worm-shell, southern (Tenagodus australis)

worm-shell, Weld’s (Pyxipoma weldii)

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