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Rocky Intertidal Species Southern California

List of common species in the rocky shores of Southern California

California Mussel 1
Mytilus californianus
Black Abalone 2
Haliotis cracherodii
Rough Limpet 3
Lottia scabra
Black Tegula 4
Tegula funebralis
Giant Keyhole Limpet 5
Megathura crenulata
California Seahare 6
Aplysia californica
Green Abalone 7
Haliotis fulgens
Owl Limpet 7
Lottia gigantea
Wavy Turban 8
Megastraea undosa
Black Sea Hare 9
Aplysia vaccaria
Pink Abalone 10
Haliotis corrugata
Kellet's Whelk 11
Kelletia kelletii
Red Turban 4
Pomaulax gibberosus
Norris's Topsnail 12
Norrisia norrisii
California Two-spot Octopus 13
Octopus bimaculoides
Petaloconchus montereyensis 14
Eroded Periwinkle 15
Littorina keenae
Lottia paradigitalis
Southern Finger Limpet 16
Lottia austrodigitalis
Speckled Tegula 17
Tegula gallina
Littorina plena 18
Checkered Periwinkle 4
Littorina scutulata
Lottia cona 19
Volcano Keyhole Limpet 20
Fissurella volcano
Mediterranean Mussel 21
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Northern Bay Mussel 22
Mytilus trossulus
California Spiny Chiton 6
Nuttallina californica
Lottia strigatella 4
Scaled Worm Snail 7
Thylacodes squamigerus
Seaweed Limpet 23
Lottia insessa
Leafy Hornmouth 7
Ceratostoma foliatum
Mossy Chiton 24
Mopalia muscosa
Woody Chiton 25
Mopalia lignosa
Hairy Chiton 26
Mopalia ciliata
Berry Dwarf-Turban 4
Homalopoma baculum
Circled Rock Snail 12
Ocenebra circumtexta
Green Bubble Snail 27
Haminoea virescens
Plate Limpet 6
Lottia scutum
Cyanoplax hartwegii 7
Brachidontes 10
Emarginate Dogwinkle 4
Nucella emarginata
Striped Dogwinkle 28
Nucella ostrina
Reversed Chama 29
Pseudochama exogyra
Clear Jewel Box 4
Chama arcana
Blue Mussel 30
Mytilus edulis
Merten's Chiton 31
Lepidozona mertensii
Conspicuous Chiton 6
Stenoplax conspicua
Lined Chiton 32
Tonicella lineata
Sea Clown Triopha 33
Triopha catalinae

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