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.
Note: images are only available in the HTML version of this document.
1 Identification guide
1.1 Common snails
Bembiicium nanum
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).
Austrocochlea porcata
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).
Austrococchlea concamerata
Images from Iredale, T. & McMichael, D. F. (1962) and Australian Museum.
Nerita atramentosa
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).
Austrolittorina unifasciata
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).
1.2 Whelks
Tenguella marginalba
Images by Donald Hobern, Femorale.com, Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker.
1.3 Limpets
Cellana tramoserica
Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).
Montfortula rugosa
Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).
Patelloida mimula
Images from Sea Shells of New South Wales and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).
Patelloida mufria
Images from Sea Shells of New South Wales and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).
Patelloida latistrigata
Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).
Patelloida alticostata
Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).
Notoacmea flammea
Images from Leon Altoff and Grove, S.J. (2018).
Scutellastra chapmani
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018) and Sea Shells of New South Wales.
Scutellastra peronii
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018) and Sea Shells of New South Wales.
1.4 Chitons
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Images from WoRMS Editorial Board (2023) and Sea Shells of New South Wales.
Acanthochiton sp.
Ischnochiton sp.
Images from Grove, S.J. (2018).
1.5 Sea stars
Parvulastra exigua
1.6 Barnacles
Balanus amphititre
Images from Wikipedia and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).
Balanus trigonus
Images from Wikipedia, Western Australia Museum and WoRMS Editorial Board (2023).
Chthamalus antennatus
Images from Wikipedia, Museum Victoria Collections and SA Marine Life.
Catomerus polymerus
Images from Wikipedia and Museum Victoria Collections.
Tesseropora rosea
images from Wikipedia, Museum Victoria Collections, Atlas of Life and iNaturalist Australia.
Tetraclitella purpurascens
Image by Simon Grove via Flickr (2014), Atlas of Living Australia and Museum Victoria Collections.
Megabalanus coccopoma
Images from Wikipedia, WoRMS Editorial Board (2023) and Invasive.org.
Amphibalanus variegatus
Images from Port Phillip Bay Taxonomy, Wikipedia and Denis Riek (2021).
Austrobalanus imperator
Images from Wikipedia and iNaturalist Australia.