Field Guide     MOLLUSCA  

Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

MOLLUSCA
gastropods, bivalves, nudibranchs, octopus

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probably dorid nudibranch
Bathydoris hodgsoni

dorid nudibranch
Doris kerguelenensis

aeolid nudibranch
Doto antarctica

aeolid nudibranch
Notaeolidia depressa

aeolid nudibranch
Notaeolidia gigas

probably aeolid nudibranch
Notaeolidia schmekelae

tritoniid nudibranch
Tritonia challengeriana

dendronotid nudibranch
Tritoniella belli

notaspidean opisthobranch
Bathyberthella antarctica
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chiton Nuttallochiton mirandus

chiton Callochiton steinenii



lamellarian gastropod
Marseniopsis conica

lamellarian gastropod
Marseniopsis mollis

probably lamellarian gastropod
Marseniopsis syowaensis

Antarctic whelk
Neobuccinum eatoni

muricid gastropod
Trophon longstaffi

naticid gastropod
Amauropsis rossiana

rissoid gastropod
Onoba (Onoba) turqueti
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Antarctic scallop
Adamussium colbecki

Antarctic soft-shelled clam
Laternula elliptica

Limatula (Antarctolima) hodgsoni

Antarctic yoldia
Yoldia eightsi



sea butterfly or pteropod
Clione antarctica

shelled pteropod
Limacina (Limacina) helicina antarctica

octopus Pareledone sp.


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