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
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
Bivalvia
Cephalopoda
- Spirulidae
- Spirula spirula(Ram's horn squid)
- Sepia chirotrema
- Sepia cultrata
- Sepia irvingi
- Sepia novaehollandiae
- Sepia papuensis
- Sepia apama(Australian giant cuttlefish)
- Euprymna tasmanica (Southern dumpling squid)
- Loligo chinensis
- Sepioteuthis lessoniana
- maculosa(Southern blue-ringed octopus)
- Hapalochlaena lunulata(Greater blue-ringed octopus)
- Octopus flindersi
Polyplacophora
- Cryptoplacidae
Scaphopoda
See also
References
- ISBN 0-7309-8553-9.