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Guide to Invertebrates found below the high tide line on Southern Vancouver Island from Nanaimo County to Alberni-Clayoquot County

Based on Research Grade Species Observations 2020-12-05

Northwest Ugly Clam 1
Entodesma navicula
Sea Bottle Clam 2
Mytilimeria nuttalli
Nuttall's Cockle 3
Clinocardium nuttallii
Purple Mahogany Clam 4
Nuttallia obscurata
California Sunset Clam 5
Gari californica
Rose-painted Semele 6
Semele rubropicta
Macoma brota 7
Bent-nosed Clam 8
Macoma nasuta
White Macoma 9
Macoma secta
Baltic Macoma 10
Limecola balthica
Fat Gaper 6
Tresus capax
Pacific Gaper 11
Tresus nuttallii
Butter Clam 12
Saxidomus gigantea
Japanese Littleneck 13
Ruditapes philippinarum
Humilaria kennerleyi 14
Hearty Petricola 11
Petricola carditoides
Pacific Littleneck Clam 6
Leukoma staminea
Lucinoma annulata 15
Parvilucina tenuisculpta 15
Wrinkled Rock Borer 16
Hiatella arctica
Pacific Geoduck 17
Panopea generosa
Jacknife Clam 15
Solen sicarius
Pacific Razor Clam 18
Siliqua patula
Bankia setacea 19
Soft-shelled Clam 13
Mya arenaria
Netted Kellyclam 20
Rhamphidonta retifera
Neaeromya rugifera

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