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Rocky Intertidal Species Southern California

List of common species in the rocky shores of Southern California

Black Abalone 1
Haliotis cracherodii
Rough Limpet 2
Lottia scabra
Black Tegula 3
Tegula funebralis
Giant Keyhole Limpet 4
Megathura crenulata
California Seahare 5
Aplysia californica
Green Abalone 6
Haliotis fulgens
Owl Limpet 6
Lottia gigantea
Wavy Turban 7
Megastraea undosa
Black Sea Hare 8
Aplysia vaccaria
Pink Abalone 9
Haliotis corrugata
Kellet's Whelk 10
Kelletia kelletii
Red Turban 3
Pomaulax gibberosus
Norris's Topsnail 11
Norrisia norrisii
Petaloconchus montereyensis 12
Eroded Periwinkle 13
Littorina keenae
Lottia paradigitalis
Southern Finger Limpet 14
Lottia austrodigitalis
Speckled Tegula 15
Tegula gallina
Littorina plena 16
Checkered Periwinkle 3
Littorina scutulata
Lottia cona 17
Volcano Keyhole Limpet 18
Fissurella volcano
Lottia strigatella 3
Scaled Worm Snail 6
Thylacodes squamigerus
Seaweed Limpet 19
Lottia insessa
Leafy Hornmouth 6
Ceratostoma foliatum
Berry Dwarf-Turban 3
Homalopoma baculum
Circled Rock Snail 11
Ocenebra circumtexta
Green Bubble Snail 20
Haminoea virescens
Plate Limpet 5
Lottia scutum
Emarginate Dogwinkle 3
Nucella emarginata
Striped Dogwinkle 21
Nucella ostrina
Sea Clown Triopha 22
Triopha catalinae

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