Species ID guide

Use this page to identify the species that you sample. Note that all images are copyrighted. We have provided the source of each image so that you can find more information about the species, and to give credit to the original authors.

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1 Identification guide

2 Common snails

Bembicium nanum

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).

Austrocochlea porcata

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).

Austrococchlea concamerata

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Images from Iredale, T. & McMichael, D. F. (1962) and Australian Museum.

Nerita atramentosa

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).

Austrolittorina unifasciata

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).

3 Whelks

Tenguella marginalba

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Images by Donald Hobern, Femorale.com, Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker.

4 Limpets

Cellana tramoserica

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Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).

Montfortula rugosa

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Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).

Patelloida mimula

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Images from Sea Shells of New South Wales and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).

Patelloida mufria

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Images from Sea Shells of New South Wales and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).

Patelloida latistrigata

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Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).

Patelloida alticostata

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Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).

Notoacmea flammea

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Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).

Scutellastra chapmani

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018) and Sea Shells of New South Wales.

Scutellastra peronii

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018) and Sea Shells of New South Wales.

5 Chitons

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis reference image 1 Sypharochiton pelliserpentis reference image 2 Sypharochiton pelliserpentis reference image 3 Sypharochiton pelliserpentis reference image 4

Images from WoRMS Editorial Board (2023) and Sea Shells of New South Wales.

Acanthochiton sp.

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Ischnochiton sp.

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Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).

6 Sea stars

Parvulastra exigua

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7 Barnacles

Balanus amphitrite

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Images from Wikipedia and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).

Balanus trigonus

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Images from Wikipedia, Western Australia Museum and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).

Chthamalus antennatus

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Images from Wikipedia, Museum Victoria Collections and SA Marine Life.

Catomerus polymerus

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Images from Wikipedia and Museum Victoria Collections.

Tesseropora rosea

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images from Wikipedia, Museum Victoria Collections, Atlas of Life and iNaturalist Australia.

Tetraclitella purpurascens

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Image by Simon Grove via Flickr (2014), Atlas of Living Australia and Museum Victoria Collections.

Megabalanus coccopoma

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Images from Wikipedia, WoRMS Editorial Board (2023) and Invasive.org.

Amphibalanus variegatus

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Images from Port Phillip Bay Taxonomy, Wikipedia and Denis Riek (2021).

Austrobalanus imperator

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Images from Wikipedia and iNaturalist Australia.