Marine Invertebrates of Southern California

Mollusks

Porifera, Cnidaria, Worms, Bryozoa, Tunicates page

Echinoderms, Arthropods page

 

 

Mossy Chiton

Mopalia muscosa 

Chiton

 

Abalone

Haliotis sp. 

 

Giant Keyhole Limpet

Megathura crenulata

 

Norris' Top Snail

Norrisia norrisi

Wavy Turban Snail

Lithopoma undosum

Turban's Operculum

Lithopoma undosum

 

Scaled Worm Snail

Serpulorbis squamigerus

California Trivia

Trivia californica

Solander's Trivia

Trivia solandri

Chestnut Cowry

Cypraea spadicea 

Moon Snail Eggs

 Polinices lewisii

 

Lewis' Moon Snail

Polinices lewisii

Kellet's Whelk & Eggs

Kelletia kelletii 

Gem Murex

 Maxwellia gemma

Gem Murex & Eggs

 Maxwellia gemma

 

Leafy Hornmouth

Ceratostoma foliatum

 

Ida's Miter

Mitra idae

California Cone

Conus californicus 

Bubble Snail

Bulla ventricosa 

 

Giant Sea Hare

Aplysia vaccaria

 

Giant Sea Hare

Aplysia vaccaria

California Sea Hare

Aplysia californica

Apricot Slug

Berthellina engeli

Okenia sp.

 

Whitespotted Navanax

Navanax polyalphos

Navanax

Navanax inermis 

 
   

Nudibranch Eggs

Hudson's Dorid

Acanthodoris hudsoni 

Macfarland's Slug

Chromodoris macfarlandi

 

Noble Dorid & Eggs

Anisodoris nobilis 

   

Peltodoris sp.

 

Spanish Shawl

Flabellina iodinea

Trapania sp. 

Whitespotted Dorid

Doriopsilla albopunctata 

Christmas Slug

Janolus barbarensis

Three-lined Aeolid

Flabellina trilineata 

   

Cockle

 
 

Rock Scallop

Hinnites giganteus

 

Two-spot Octopus

Octopus bimaculatus

Red Octopus

Octopus rubescens