A guide to the Cnidarians (jellyfish relatives) and Lophotrochozoans (flatworms, molluscs, annelids & rotifers) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

This is a guide to the members of the Phyla Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Annelida and Rotifera (Syndermata). The Cnidarians (jellyfish and their relatives) represent the basal animals. The Lophotrochozoans (Phyla Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Annelida and Rotifera) represent one of the ...more ↓

Asian Clam 1
Corbicula fluminea
Texas Fatmucket 2
Lampsilis bracteata
Zebra Mussel 3
Dreissena polymorpha
White Italian Snail 4
Theba pisana
Rosy Wolfsnail 5
Euglandina rosea
wolf snails 5
Euglandina
Graceful Awlsnail 6
Allopeas gracile
Decollate Snail 7
Rumina decollata
Globular Drop Snail 8
Helicina orbiculata
Threeridge 10
Amblema plicata
Pondhorn 11
Uniomerus tetralasmus
Bleufer 12
Potamilus purpuratus
Southern Flatcoil 13
Polygyra cereolus
Giant Floater Mussel 14
Pyganodon grandis
Whitelip Globe 15
Mesodon thyroidus
Marsh Ramshorn 16
Planorbella trivolvis
Yellow Sandshell 17
Lampsilis teres
Paper Pondshell 18
Utterbackia imbecillis
Whitewashed Rabdotus 19
Rabdotus dealbatus
Prairie Rabdotus 20
Rabdotus mooreanus
Grassland Liptooth 21
Millerelix mooreana
Milk Snail 22
Otala lactea
Tampico Pearly Mussel 18
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis
Red-rimmed Melania 23
Melanoides tuberculata
Meadow Slug 24
Deroceras laeve
Flamed Tigersnail 25
Anguispira alternata
southeastern tigersnail 2
Anguispira strongylodes
Asian Tramp Snail 26
Bradybaena similaris
Glossy Pillar 27
Cochlicopa lubrica
Striate Wolfsnail 2
Euglandina singleyana
Minute Gem 28
Hawaiia minuscula
Texas Liptooth 21
Linisa texasiana
Greenhouse Slug
Milax gagates
Draparnaud's Glass Snail 22
Oxychilus draparnaudi
Texas Oval 21
Patera roemeri
Florida Flatcoil 29
Polygyra septemvolva
Banded Scrubsnail 28
Praticolella berlandieriana
Southern Mapleleaf 30
Quadrula apiculata
Barton Cavesnail
Stygopyrgus bartonensis
Perforate Dome 31
Ventridens demissus
Yellow Cellar Slug 32
Limacus flavus
Black-velvet Leatherleaf 33
Belocaulus angustipes
Garden Snail 34
Cornu aspersum
Smooth Pimpleback 18
Cyclonaias houstonensis
Texas lilliput 30
Toxolasma texasiense

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