List of molluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos
The
maxima clam (
Tridacna maxima), seen here at the Virgin Islands, occurs at 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.[1]
- Nuculanidae
- Solemyidae
- 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
- Leiosolenus hanleyanus
- Lithophaga nasuta
- Lithophaga teres
- Modiolus auriculatus
- Musculus glaberrima
- Musculista glaberrima
- Septifer bilocularis
- Pinnidae
- Pinna bicolor
- Pinna muricata
- Pteridae
- Isognomidae
- Crenulata picta
- Electroma georgiana
- Isognomon legumen
- Vulsellidae
- Malleus meridionalis
- Malleus albus
- Vulsella spongarium
- Pectinidae
- Annachlamis sp.
- Amusium balloti
- Chlamys atkinos
- Chlamys australis
- Chlamys funebris
- Chlamys squamata
- Chlamys squamosa
- Decatopecten strangei
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- Gloripallium pallium
- Hemipecten forbesianus
- Pecten fumatus
- 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
- 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
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- Acrosterigma vlamingi
- Ctenocardium fornicata
- Ctenocardium perornata
- Fulvia aperta
- Fragum erugatum
- Fragum retusum
- Lunulicardia retusa
- Lyrocardium lyratum
- Tridacnidae
- Mactridae
- Mactra incarnata
- Mactra pura
- Mesodesmatidae
- 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
- Clavagellidae
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Sepioteuthis lessoniana
- Spirulidae
- Sepiidae
- Sepiadariidae
- Sepididae
- Loliginidae
- Octopodidae
- Ischnochitonidae
- Cryptoplacidae
- Chitonidae
- Dentaliidae
- Solecurtidae
References
- ↑ Wells, Fred E. & Bryce, Clay W. (1997). "A preliminary checklist of the marine macromolluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia". In Wells, F. E. The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Volume 2. Western Australian Museum. pp. 363–383. ISBN 0-7309-8553-9.