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Marine Invertebrates of the Salish Sea
Authors: Gustav Paulay (ed.), Dany Burgess, Brittany Cummings, Maggie Dutch, Angela Eagleston, Leslie Harris, Craig Staude
Citation: Gustav Paulay (ed.), Dany Burgess, Brittany Cummings, Maggie Dutch, Angela Eagleston, Leslie Harris, Craig Staude 2023-onward. Marine invertebrates of the Salish Sea. InvertEBase https://invertebase.org/portal/checklists/checklistadmin.php?clid=21&pid=
Locality: Salish Sea, Washington
Abstract:

This checklists presents metadata and images taken of the marine invertebrate biota of the Salish Sea and archived at the Florida Museum of Natural History.  Most of the material derives from (1) ongoing general collections in the vicinity of Friday Harbor Labs and (2) barcoding-focused biodiversity survey carried out with the WA Dept. of Ecology at their monitoring stations in 2019

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Families: 413
Genera: 789
Species: 1172
Total Taxa: 1174
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Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842) - seaweed limpet
[Acmaea insessa (Hinds, 1842), Lottia insessa (Hinds, 1842)]
37213-Mollusca 1947-00-00 [UF]
Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846) - unstable limpet
[Acmaea ochracea (Dall, 1871)]
Bales, B. [UF], 231105-Mollusca [UF]
Lottia pelta (Rathke, 1833) - shield limpet
[Acmaea cassis Rathke, 1833, Acmaea cassis pelta Rathke, 1833]
Paulay, Gustav 2007-07-16 [UF]
Galba bulimoides (Klein, 1846)
[Galba bulimoides cassi F.C. Baker, 1911, Galba hendersoni (F.C. Baker, 1909), Limnaea adelinae Tryon, 1863, Lymnaea bulimoides (I. Lea, 1841), Lymnaea hendersoni F. C. Baker, 1909, Stagnicola bulimoides (I. Lea, 1841)]
218531-Mollusca [UF]
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - swamp lymnaea
[Limnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758), Lymnaea appressa (Say, 1821), Lymnaea sanctamariae B. Walker, 1892, Lymnaea stagnalis appressa (Say, 1821), Stagnicola vulgaris Hartmann, 1840]
227591-Mollusca [UF]
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - big-eared radix
[Limnaea tumida Held, 1836, Lymnaea intercisa (Milaschewitsch in Lindholm, 1909)]
Paulson, D. 1968-08-01 [UF]
Entodesma navicula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) - rock entodesma
[Lyonsia saxicola Baird, 1863]
Bales, B. [UF]
Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) - Pacific gaper
[Lutraria nuttallii Conrad, 1837, Schizothaerus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837), Tresus nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)]
43531-Mollusca [UF]
Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) - western pearlshell
[Alasmodon falcata A. Gould, 1850]
Hemphill, H. [UF]
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) - eastern pearlshell
[Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758), Margaritifera durrovensis Phillips, 1928]
489728-Mollusca 1904-06-12 [UF]
Megomphix hemphilli (W. G. Binney, 1879) - Oregon megomphix
[Circinaria hemphilli (W. G. Binney, 1879)]
110200-Mollusca [UF], Hemphill, H. [UF]
Mopalia vespertina (Gould, 1852)
[Chiton vespertinus Gould, 1852, Mopalia muscosa laevior Pilsbry, 1918]
Marine Biodiversity Class 2016-08-01 [UF]
Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767) - clathrate trophon
[Trophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767), Trophon gunneri (Lovén, 1846)]
Paulay, Gustav 2009-07-13 [UF]
Boreotrophon multicostatus (Eschscholtz, 1829) - ribbed trophon
[Boreotrophon peregrinus Dall, 1902]
Paulay, Gustav 2016-08-20 [UF]
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Atlantic dogwinkle
[Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758), Thais lapillus Linnaeus, 1758]
2253-Mollusca [UF]
Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) - file dogwinkle
[Thais lima (Gmelin, 1791)]
2217-Mollusca [UF], Bales, B. [UF]
Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851)
[Ceratostoma inornatum (Récluz, 1851), Murex inornatus Récluz, 1851, Pteropurpura inornata (Récluz, 1851)]
Kincaid, T. 1947-00-00 [UF]
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
[Mya hemphilli Newcomb, 1874, Mya oonogai Makiyama, 1935]
Bengston [UF], 2045-Mollusca [UF]
Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 - deep softshell
[Mya intermedia Dall, 1898]
Bauer, David [UF]
Inusitatomysis insolita Ii, 1940
[Inusitatomysis serrata W. M. Tattersall, 1951]
Paulay, Gustav 2011-00-00 [UF]
Adula californiensis (Philippi, 1847) - California datemussel
[Adula stylina Carpenter, 1864]
Chace [UF]
Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) - cross-sculpture crenella
[Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941, Crenella inflata Carpenter, 1864, Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808]
Burch, John [UF]
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kurile horsemussel
[Modiola modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758), Modiolus kurilensis Bernard, 1983, Mytilus modiolus Linnaeus, 1758]
Paulay, Gustav 2009-07-13 [UF]
Modiolus rectus (Conrad, 1837) - fan horsemussel
[Modiolus flabellatus (Gould, 1850)]
Hemphill, H. [UF], 42005-Mollusca [UF]
Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) - discordant mussel
[Modiolaria discors Linnaeus, 1767, Modiolaria faba Beck in Robert, 1838, Modiolaria laevigata (J. E. Gray, 1824), Musculus laevigatus Gray, 1824, Musculus substriata Gray, 1824]
244592-Mollusca [UF], 192933-Mollusca [UF]
Musculus niger (J.E. Gray, 1824) - black mussel
[Modiolaria nigra (Gray, 1824), Musculus svecicus (Fabricius, 1788)]
192934-Mollusca [UF]
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - edible blue mussel
[Mytilus ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758]
Hemphill, H. [UF], 37030-Mollusca 1947-00-00 [UF]
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 - Mediterranean mussel
[Mytilus edulis aoteanus Powell, 1958]
Paulay, Gustav 2007-07-17 [UF]
Solamen columbianum (Dall, 1897) - British Columbia crenella
[Crenella columbiana Dall, 1897]
244282-Mollusca [UF]
Myxilla incrustans (Esper, 1805)
[Myxilla barentsi Lambe, 1895, Myxilla behringensis Lambe, 1895, Myxilla rosacea Lambe, 1893]
Paulay, Gustav 2012-06-30 [UF]
Nassarius mendicus (Gould, 1850) - lean nassa
[Alectrion mendicus (Gould, 1850), Nassa cooperi Forbes, 1852, Nassa mendica Gould, 1850, Nassarius mendicus cooperi (Forbes, 1850)]
Marshall, E. 1973-08-02 [UF], Hemphill, H. [UF], 37763-Mollusca 1964-07-00 [UF], Bengston [UF], more...
Nassarius perpinguis (Hinds, 1844) - fat western nassa
[Nassa perpinguis Hinds, 1844]
37764-Mollusca 1964-07-00 [UF]
Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) - arctic moonsnail
[Cryptonatica clausa (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829), Cryptonatica salimba Dall, 1919, Euspira acosmita Dall, 1919, Natica affinis Gmelin, 1791, Natica clausa Broderip & Sowerby G.B. I, 1829]
Coats, R. [UF]
Euspira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) - pale moonsnail
[Euspira canonica Dall, 1919, Euspira politiana Dall, 1919, Lunatia groenlandica (Møller, 1842), Lunatia pallida (Broderip and G. B. Sowerby I, 1829), Polinices pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829), Polinices pallidus (Broderip and G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)]
11693-Mollusca 1917-07-00 [UF]
Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900 - zebra leafslug
[Phyllaplysia zostericola McCauley, 1960]
Scientists, FH 2007-06-00 [UF]
Nuculana minuta (Muller, 1776) - minute nutclam
[Leda caudata (Lovén, 1846), Leda minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)]
14100-Mollusca 1917-07-00 [UF]
Acila castrensis (Hinds, 1843) - divaricate nutclam
[Nucula castrensis Hinds, 1843, Nucula lyallii Baird, 1863]
Oldroyd, I. 1917-07-00 [UF], Eyerdam, Walter [UF]
Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808) - Belloti nutclam
[Nucula bellotti A. Adams, 1856, Nucula expansa Reeve, 1855, Nucula inflata Hancock, 1846, Nucula leptodonta F. R. Bernard, 1983, Nucula quirica Dall, 1916, Nucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808), Nuculoma tenuis (Montagu, 1808)]
379113-Mollusca [UF], 379115-Mollusca [UF]
Olivella baetica Carpenter, 1864 - beatic dwarf olive
[Olivella diegensis Oldroyd, 1921]
379743-Mollusca [UF]
Oreohelix strigosa (Gould, 1846) - Rocky mountainsnail
[Helix strigosa Gould, 1846]
Roper, Edward [UF]
Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter
[Ostrea rufa Carpenter, 1857, Ostreola conchaphila (Carpenter, 1857)]
Sawyer, K. [UF]
Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter, 1857)
[Ostrea amara Carpenter, 1864, Ostrea tubulifera Dall, 1914]
377506-Mollusca [UF]
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1841
[Ammochares aedificator Andrews, 1891, Ammochares occidentalis Johnson, 1901]
213-Annelida [UF], Paulay, Gustav 2007-07-15 [UF]
Pagurus ochotensis Brandt, 1851 - Alaskan hermit
[Pagurus alaskensis (Benedict, 1892)]
Paulay, Gustav 2011-10-03 [UF]
Pandalus danae Stimpson, 1857 - dock shrimp
[Pandalus franciscorum Kingsley, 1878]
Paulay, Gustav... 2007-06-22 [UF]
Pandalus goniurus Stimpson, 1860 - humpy shrimp
[Pandalus dapifer Murdock, 1884]
Paulay, Gustav 2009-07-07 [UF]
Pandora filosa (Carpenter, 1864) - threaded pandora
[Kennerlia filosa P. P. Carpenter, 1864]
Oldroyd, I. 1917-07-00 [UF]
Chlamys hastata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) - spear scallop
[Pecten hastatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842, Pecten hericius Gould, 1850]
Burch, T. 1937-08-00 [UF], 198685-Mollusca [UF], 198432-Mollusca [UF]
Chlamys islandica (Müller, 1776) - Iceland scallop
[Pecten islandicus O. F. Müller, 1776, Pecten rubidus Martyn, 1792]
481116-Mollusca [UF]
Crassadoma gigantea (J.E. Gray, 1825) - giant rock scallop
[Crassedoma giganteum (J. E. Gray, 1825), Hinnites giganteus J. E. Gray, 1825, Pecten multirugosus Gale, 1928]
Paulay, Gustav 2007-07-17 [UF], Lambert, C. 2007-07-00 [UF]
Delectopecten vancouverensis (Whiteaves, 1893) - Vancouver scallop
[Delectopecten randolphi (Dall, 1897), Delectopecten vancouverensis vancouverensis (Whiteaves, 1893), Pecten vancouverensis Whiteaves, 1893]
358910-Mollusca 1981-09-16 [UF], Lightfoot, J. [UF]
Patinopecten caurinus (Gould, 1850) - weathervane scallop
[Patinopectin caurinus (Gould, 1850), Pecten caurinus Gould, 1850]
Rice, T. [UF]
Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) - hearty rupellaria
[Petricola mirabilis Deshayes, 1853, Rupellaria carditoides (Conrad, 1837)]
377086-Mollusca 1951-08-18 [UF]
Penitella penita (Conrad, 1837) - flap-tip piddock
[Pholadidea penita (Conrad, 1837)]
Paulay, Gustav [UF], 364418-Mollusca 1951-08-20 [UF]
Phoxichilidium femoratum
[Phoxichilidium maxillare Stimpson, 1853, Phoxichilidium minor Wilson, 1878]
Paulay, Gustav 2007-07-15 [UF]
Musculium lacustre (Muller, 1774) - lake fingernailclam
[Calyculina hungarica Hazay, 1881, Sphaerium lacustre, Sphaerium raymondi Cooper, 1892]
231054-Mollusca [UF], Sargent, H. [UF], 231053-Mollusca [UF]
Musculium securis (Prime, 1852) - pond fingernailclam
[Calyculina securis (Prime, 1852), Cyclas securis Prime, 1852, Musculium australe Sterki, 1916, Sphaerium securis, Sphaerium sphaericum (Prime, 1853)]
231002-Mollusca [UF]
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832 - shiny peaclam
[Pisidium amoenum Herrington, 1954, Pisidium contortum Prime, 1858, Pisidium lermondi Sterki, 1913, Pisidium limpidum Sterki, 1922, Pisidium pauperculum Sterki, 1896, Pisidium splendidulum Sterki, 1898, Pisidium tenuissimum Sterki, 1901]
230984-Mollusca [UF]
Pisidium variabile Prime, 1852 - triangular peaclam
[Pisidium cicer Prime, 1858]
231026-Mollusca [UF]
Sphaerium patella (Gould, 1850) - Rocky Mountain fingernailclam
[Sphaerium primeanum Clessin, 1878]
231050-Mollusca [UF], 231051-Mollusca [UF], Britton, F. [UF]
Armiger crista (Linnaeus, 1758) - star gyro
[Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Paulson, D. 1968-05-08 [UF]
Gyraulus deflectus (Say, 1824) - flexed gyro
[Gyraulus hirsutus (Gould, 1840), Gyraulus latistomus F. C. Baker, 1932, Planorbis deflectus Say, 1824, Planorbis hirsutus Gould, 1840]
Thompson, Fred 1983-08-15 [UF]
Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817) - ash gyro
[Gyraulus similaris (F. C. Baker, 1919), Planorbis parvus Say, 1817, Planorbis similaris F. C. Baker, 1919]
Thompson, Fred 1983-08-19 [UF], Thompson, Fred 1983-08-15 [UF]
Planorbella tenuis (Dunker, 1850) - Mexican rams-horn
[Helisoma tenue (Dunker, 1850), Planorbis tumens P. P. Carpenter, 1857]
563886-Mollusca [UF]
Planorbella trivolvis (Say, 1817) - marsh rams-horn
[Helisoma travertina Branson, 1961, Helisoma trivolvis (Say, 1817), Planorbis lentus Say, 1834, Planorbis megastoma De Kay, 1843, Planorbis trivolvis Say, 1817]
Vorticifex effusa (I. Lea, 1856) - Artemesian rams-horn
[Parapholyx effusa (I. Lea, 1856), Pompholyx leana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864, Vorticifex effusus (I. Lea, 1856)]
Thompson, Fred 1983-08-15 [UF], Thompson, Fred 1983-08-15 [UF]
Juga plicifera (I. Lea, 1838) - pleated juga
[Goniobasis hemphilli J. Henderson, 1935]
Hemphill, H. [UF], Rankin, H. [UF]
Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
[Plumularia corrugata Nutting, 1900, Plumularia palmeri Nutting, 1900]
Paulay, Gustav 2011-10-03 [UF]
Cryptomastix devia (Gould, 1846) - Puget oregonian
[Helix devia A. Gould, 1846]
Hemphill, H. [UF]
Dermatomya tenuiconcha (Dall, 1913)
[Dermatomya beringiana Dall, 1916, Dermatomya leonina Dall, 1916]
Nielsen, Tom 1992-11-04 [UF]
Nuttallia obscurata (Reeve, 1857) - purple mahogany-clam
[Psammobia olivacea Jay, 1857, Sanguinolaria olivacea (Jay, 1857)]
Paulay, Gustav 2007-06-00 [UF]
Vertigo ovata Say, 1822 - ovate vertigo
[Vertigo ovata diaboli Pilsbry, 1919]
Webb, Walter [UF]
Pyura haustor (Stimpson, 1864)
[Cynthia haustor Stimpson, 1864, Halocynthia haustor (Stimpson, 1864), Halocynthia haustor foliacea Ritter, 1913]
Fish Class 2016-07-21 [UF], Marine Biodiversity Class 2016-08-01 [UF]
Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776) - pink helmet
[Aglantha digitalis (O. F. Müller, 1776), Trachynema digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776)]
Paulay, Gustav 2009-06-00 [UF]
Alvania compacta (Carpenter, 1864)
[Alvania acutelirata Carpenter, 1866, Alvania iliuliukensis Bartsch, 1911]
191704-Mollusca [UF], Johnson 1986-08-01 [UF], Kincaid, T. [UF]
Myxicola infundibulum (Renier, 1804)
[Myxicola affinis Bush, 1905, Myxicola conjuncta Bush, 1905]
Dorgan, K.... 2013-07-24 [UF]
Schizobranchia insignis
[Schizobranchia concinna Bush, 1905, Schizobranchia nobilis Bush, 1905]
Paulay, Gustav 2009-06-00 [UF], Paulay, Gustav 2009-06-00 [UF]
Hyboscolex pacificus
[Oncoscolex pacificus, Sclerocheilus pacificus Moore, 1909]
Paulay, Gustav 2009-06-00 [UF]
Circeis spirillum (Linnaeus, 1758)
[Spirorbis comptus Bush, 1905, Spirorbis fewkesii Bush in Sumner, Osburn & Cole, 1913]
Paulay, Gustav 2012-06-24 [UF]
Sertularia argentea Linnaeus, 1758 - squirrel's tail hydroid
[Thuiaria argentea (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Paulay, Gustav 2011-10-03 [UF], Paulay, Gustav 2011-10-05 [UF]
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