- Source: List of molluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos
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.
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
Spirulidae
Spirula spirula (Ram's horn squid)
Sepiidae
Sepia chirotrema
Sepia cultrata
Sepia irvingi
Sepia novaehollandiae
Sepia papuensis
Sepia apama (Australian giant cuttlefish)
Sepiadariidae
Sepioloidea lineolata
Sepiolidae
Euprymna tasmanica (Southern dumpling squid)
Loliginidae
Loligo chinensis
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Octopodidae
Hapalochlaena cf. maculosa (Southern blue-ringed octopus)
Hapalochlaena lunulata (Greater blue-ringed octopus)
Octopus flindersi
Polyplacophora
Ischnochitonidae
Ischnochiton cariosus
Ischnochiton sp.
Cryptoplacidae
Cryptoplax hartmeyeri
Cryptoplax striata
Chitonidae
Onithochiton quercina
Scaphopoda
Dentaliidae
Dentalium elephantinum
Dentalium formosum
Dentalium bisexangulatum
Solecurtidae
Solecurtus sulcatus
See also
List of marine molluscs of Australia
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Houtman Abrolhos
- List of molluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos
- List of marine molluscs of Australia
- Percy Sladen Trust Expeditions to the Abrolhos Islands
- Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
- Achoerodus gouldii
- Diagramma labiosum
- List of national parks of Australia
- Coastal regions of Western Australia
- Nambung National Park
