Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

This guide is being developed to help Nelson Mandela University students with the identification of rocky shore organisms around Port Elizabeth, in Algoa Bay and Seaview, in the Eastern Cape, on the South Coast of South Africa.
It is a 'work in progress' and will be continuously updated ...more ↓

Turritella carinifera ¹

Clionella rosaria ²

Natal Cone ²
Conus natalis

Ruddy Cone ²
Conus tinianus

Alcira elegans ²

Nassarius capensis ³

Nassarius kraussianus ⁴

Bullia callosa ³

Agulhas Ploughshell ⁵
Bullia digitalis

smooth plough shell ³
Bullia rhodostoma

Burnupena cincta ²

Variable Burnupena ¹
Burnupena lagenaria

long-siphoned whelk ⁶
Fusinus ocelliferus

Nucella dubia ²

Mancinella capensis ²

Nassa francolina ²

Tenguella granulata ⁷

Marginella bicatenata ²

Volvarina zonata ²

Festilyria africana ²

Ancilla ordinaria ²

Amalda contusa ²

Amalda obtusa ²

Violet Sea Snail ⁸
Janthina janthina

Gyroscala lamellosa ⁹

Semicassis labiata ²

helmet shell ¹⁰
Semicassis labiata zeylanica

Knobbed Triton ¹¹
Charonia lampas

Charonia lampas pustulata ²

Cabestana africana ¹²

Ranella gemmifera ²

african perwinkle ¹
Afrolittorina africana

Southern Periwinkle ¹
Afrolittorina knysnaensis

Littoraria coccinea ⁷

Littoraria coccinea glabrata ⁷

Triviella aperta ²

Kitten Cowrie ³
Melicerona felina

Cypraeovula capensis ²

Cypraeovula edentula ¹³

Honey Cowry ¹⁴
Naria helvola

Bostrycapulus odites ²

Crepidula porcellana ³

Bladder Moon Snail ¹⁵
Neverita didyma

solitary worm snail ⁶
Thylacodes natalensis

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Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

Natal Cone 2 Conus natalis

Ruddy Cone 2 Conus tinianus

Agulhas Ploughshell 5 Bullia digitalis

smooth plough shell 3 Bullia rhodostoma

Variable Burnupena 1 Burnupena lagenaria

long-siphoned whelk 6 Fusinus ocelliferus

Violet Sea Snail 8 Janthina janthina

helmet shell 10 Semicassis labiata zeylanica

Knobbed Triton 11 Charonia lampas

african perwinkle 1 Afrolittorina africana

Southern Periwinkle 1 Afrolittorina knysnaensis

Kitten Cowrie 3 Melicerona felina

Honey Cowry 14 Naria helvola

Bladder Moon Snail 15 Neverita didyma

solitary worm snail 6 Thylacodes natalensis