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Pulau Semakau checklist
updated Nov 09

Intertidal flora and fauna

Phylum Mollusca

Class Gastropoda shelled snails

Red berry snail Assiminea sp. Family Assimineidae	Dubious nerite Clithon oualaniensis Family Neritidae	Banded mangrove helmet snail Cassidula mustelina Family Ellobiidae	Ellobium snail Ellobium sp. Family Ellobiidae	Pythia snail Pythia sp. Family Ellobiidae
Chut-chut Cerithidea quadrata Family Potamididae	Belitong Terebralia sulcata Family Potamididae	Rodong Telescopium telescopium Family Potamididae	Mangrove drill \| Chicocerus capucinus Family Muricidae	Lined nerite Nerita articulata Family Neritidae

Knobbly drill awaiting identification Family Muricidae	Grooved planaxis snail Planaxis sulcatus Family Planaxidae	Lightning dove snails Pictocolumbella ocellata Family Columbellidae	Star limpet Patelloida saccharinoides Family Lottiidae	Guam false limpet Siphonaria guamensis Family Siphonariidae
Rock periwinkle snails awaiting identification Family Littorinidae	Knobbly periwinkle snail Echinolittorina malaccana Family Littorinidae	Round periwinkle snail Echinolittorina vidua Family Littorinidae	Ridged periwinkle snail Littoraria carinifera Family Littorinidae	Black-mouth mangrove periwinkle snail Littoraria melanostoma Family Littorinidae
Ox-tongue nerite Nerita albicilla Family Neritidae	Chameleon nerite Nerita chamaeleon Family Neritidae	Scaled nerite Nerita histrio Family Neritidae	Waved nerite Nerita undata Family Neritidae

Red-mouth nerite Dostia violacea Family Neritidae	Black-mouth nerite Dostia cornucopia Family Neritidae		Ribbed turban snail Turbo intercostalis Family Turbinidae	Toothed top shell snail Monodonta labio Family Trochidae
Girdled horn snail Cerithidea cingulata Family Potamididae	Zoned horn snail Batillaria zonalis Family Potamididae	Common whelk Nassarius livescens Family Nassariidae	Olive whelk Nassarius olivaceus Family Nassariidae	Black whelk Nassarius pullus Family Nassariidae
Oval moon snail Polinices mammilla Family Naticidae	Pink moon snail Natica zonalis Family Naticidae	Ovum cowrie Cypraea ovum Family Cypraea	Spiral melongena Pugilina cochlidium Family Melongenidae
Gong-gong Strombus canarium Family Strombidae	Black-lipped conch Strombus urceus Family Strombidae	Spider conch Lambis lambis Family Strombidae	Noble volute Cymbiola nobilis Family Volutidae

Slugs

Order Cephalaspidea headshield slugs

Chelidonura pallida
Family Aglajidae

Philinopsis sp.
Family Aglajidae

Bubble snail
Family Haminoeidae

Order Anaspidea seahares

Extraordinary sea hare
Aplysia extraordinaria

Order Nudibranchia nudibranchs

Glossodoris atromarginata Family Chromodorididae	Ceratosoma sp. Family Chromodorididae	Chromodoris lineolata Family Chromodorididae	Pteraeolidia ianthina Family Glaucidae
Dendrodoris tuberculosa Family Dendrodorididae	Dendrodoris denisoni Family Dendrodorididae	Discodoris boholiensis Family Discodoridae	Atagema intecta Family Dorididae	Platydoris scabra Family Dorididae
Jorunna funebris Family Kentodoridae	Gymnodoris rubropapulosa Family Gymnodorididae	Phyllidiella nigra Family Phyllidiidae	Phyllidiella pustulosa Family Phyllidiidae

Family Onchidiidae onch slugs

Big pimply onch
awaiting identification

Long onch
awaiting identification

Ornate onch
awaiting identification

Grey-footed
mangrove onch
Platyvindex sp.
Family Onchidiidae

Class Bivalvia clams and other bivalves

Monia jingle clam Monia sp. Family Anomiidae	Window-pane clam Placuna sp. Family Anomiidae	Heart cockle Corculum cardissa Family Cardiidae	Large cockle awaiting identification Family Cardiidae	Hammer oyster Malleus sp. Family Malleidae
Plain rock oyster awaiting identification Family Ostreidae	Spiked rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata Family Ostreidae	Zig-zag rock oyster awaiting identification Family Ostreidae	Scallop Family Pectinidae	Fan shell Family Pinnidae
Fluted giant clam Tridacna squamosa Family Tridacnidae	Burrowing giant clam Tridacna crocea Family Tridacnidae	Venus clam Family Veneridae	Nest mussels Musculista senhousia	Coral scallop awaiting identification

Order Cephalopoda octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes

Pencil squids
Family Loliginidae

Pygmy squid
Idiosepius sp.
Family Idiosepiidae

Octopus
Family Octopoda

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