List of molluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos explained

This list of molluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos includes 492 species of marine molluscs which have been recorded from the waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island group in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.

These molluscs are predominantly gastropods (346 species, 70%) and bivalves (124, 25%); the remaining 5% of species consist of cephalopods (14 species), chitons (5 species) and scaphopods (4 species).

About two thirds of the species have a tropical distribution, temperate species account for 20%, and the remaining 11% are endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Gastropoda

Acmaeidae
Neritidae
Haliotidae
Fissurellidae
Trochidae
Turbinidae
Turritellidae
Cerithiidae
Planaxidae
Littorinidae
Hydrococcidae
  • Hydrococcus brazieri
Strombidae
Hipponicidae
Calyptraeidae
Vermetidae
Siliquariidae
  • Stephopoma abrolhosense
Cypraeidae
Ovulidae
  • Prionovula cavanaghi
  • Primovula rutherfordiana
Triviidae
Naticidae
Bursidae
Cassidae
  • Cassis fimbriata
Ranellidae
Tonnidae
Epitoniidae
  • Cirsotrema varicosa
Janthinidae
Muricidae
Turbinellidae
Buccinidae
Columbellidae
Volutidae
Olividae
Mitridae
Costellariidae
Cancellariidae
  • Tudicula inermis
Turridae
Conidae
Terebridae
Pyramidellidae
Bullinidae
Acteonidae
Haminoeidae
  • Cylichna arachis
Hydatinidae
Philinidae
Bullidae
Atyidae
  • Atys cylindricus
Aglajidae
Akeridae
Aplysiidae
Tylodinidae
  • Tylodina corticalis
Umbraculidae
Pleurobranchidae
Volvatellidae
  • Volvatella australis
  • Volvatella ventricosa
  • Volvatella cf. candida
Juliidae
Oxynoidae
Placobranchidae
Limapontiidae
  • Stiliger aureomarginatus
Polyceridae
Gymnodoridae
Aegiridae
Hexabranchidae
Dorididae
Chromodorididae
Dendrodorididae
Phyllidiidae
Flabellinidae
Glaucidae
Tritoniidae
Bornellidae
Scyllaeidae
Tethyidae
Siphonariidae
  • Sypharia sp.

Bivalvia

Nuculanidae
  • Nuculana verconis
Solemyidae
  • Solemya australis
Arcidae
  • Acar plicata
  • Barbatia foliata
  • Barbatia pistachia
  • Barbatia parva
  • Striarca sp.
Limopsidae
  • Limopsis belcheri
  • Limopsis multistriata
Glycymerididae
  • Glycymeris setiger
  • Glycymeris persimilis
  • Tucetona angusticosta
  • Tucetona auriflua
Mytilidae
Pinnidae
Pteriidae
Isognomonidae
  • Crenulata picta
  • Electroma georgiana
  • Isognomon legumen
Vulsellidae
  • Malleus meridionalis
  • Malleus albus
  • Vulsella spongarium
Pectinidae
Spondylidae
  • Spondulus barbatus
  • Spondulus cf. exilis
  • Spondulus microlepos
Anomiidae
Limidae
  • Lima cf. fragilis
  • Lima nimbifer
  • Lima parafragile
  • Lima strangei
  • Lima lima vulgaris
  • Limatula siligo
Plicatulidae
  • Plicatula plicata
Gryphaeidae
Ostreidae
Trigoniidae
  • Neotrigonia bednalli
  • Neotrigonia uniophora
Lucinidae
  • Bellucina cf. semperianum
  • Callucina lacteola
  • Ctena bella
  • Phacoides sp.
  • Rastafaria thiophila
  • Wallucina assimilis
Chamidae
  • Chama cf. limbula
  • Chama pacifica
  • Chama ruderalis
Carditidae
  • Megacardita incrassata
  • Vimentum dilectum
Crassatellidae
  • Eucrassatella pulchra
  • Talabarica ziczac
Cardiidae
  • Acrosterigma alternatum
  • Acrosterigma marielae
  • Acrosterigma reeveanum
  • Acrosterigma rosemariensis
  • Acrosterigma vlamingi
  • Ctenocardium fornicata
  • Ctenocardium perornata
  • Fulvia aperta
  • Fragum erugatum
  • Fragum retusum
  • Lunulicardia retusa
  • Lyrocardium lyratum
Tridacnidae
Mactridae
  • Mactra incarnata
  • Mactra pura
Mesodesmatidae
  • Paphies heterodon
Tellinidae
  • Arcopagia victoriae
  • Clathrotellina carnicolor
  • Fabulina sp.
  • Loxoglypta clathrata
  • Macromona dispar
  • Tellina perna
  • Tellina rastellum
  • Tellina cf. verrucosa
Veneridae
  • Callista sp.
  • Callista planatella
  • Circe plicatina
  • Circe scripta
  • Circe sulcata
  • Dosinia deshayesi
  • Paphia semirugata
  • Paphia crassisulca
  • Paphies sulcosa
  • Placamen flindersi
  • Placamen gravescens
  • Tapes literatus
  • Tawera lagopus
  • Timoclea cardioides
  • Timoclea recognita
  • Venus lamellaris
  • Venus toreuma
Corbulidae
Gastrochaenidae
Hiatellidae
  • Hiatella australis
Clavagellidae
  • Bechites sp.

Cephalopoda

Spirulidae
Sepiidae
Sepiadariidae
Sepiolidae
Loliginidae
Octopodidae

Polyplacophora

Ischnochitonidae
Cryptoplacidae
Chitonidae

Scaphopoda

Dentaliidae
Solecurtidae

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wells, Fred E. . Bryce, Clay W. . amp. 1997 . A preliminary checklist of the marine macromolluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia . Wells, F. E. . The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Volume 2 . Western Australian Museum . 0-7309-8553-9 . 363–383.