Photography by Bob Abela

Listed below are species I have illustrated thus far. Clicking on a name will direct you to that species.

Shells

Diodora aspera (Rathke, 1833)
Fissurella volcano Reeve, 1849
Megathura crenulata (Sowerby I, 1825)
Fissurellidea bimaculata (Dall, 1851)
Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822
Calliostoma gloriosum Dall, 1871
Sinum scopulosum (Conrad, 1849)
Neobernaya spadicea (Swainson, W.A., 1823)
Hespererato vitellina (Hinds, 1844)
Pusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
Pusula solandri (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Urosalpinx? subangulata (Stearns, 1873)

Ocinebrina interfossa (Carpenter, 1864)
Ocinebrina interfossa (Carpenter, 1864) form fraseri
Ocinebrina circumtexta (Stearns, 1871)
Ocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848)
Ocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848)?
Ocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848)?
Ocinebrina folveolata (Hinds, 1844)
Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, G.P., 1839)
Maxwellia santarosana (Dall, W.H., 1905)
Epitonium (Asperiscala) bellastriatum (Carpenter, 1864)
Opalia borealis Keep, 1881
Mitra idae Melvill, 1893

Californiconus californicus (Reeve, 1844)
Terebra pedroana Dall, 1908
Megasurcula carpenteriana (Gabb, 1865)
Megasurcula stearnsiana (Raymond, 1904)
Pseudomelatoma moesta (Carpenter, 1864)
Pseudomelatoma penicillata (Carpenter, 1865)
Pseudomelatoma torosa (Carpenter, 1864)
Cancellaria cooperi Gabb, 1865)
Olivella biplicata (Sowerby I, 1825)
Glyptostoma newberryanum (W. G. Binney, 1858)
Irusella lamellifera (Conrad, 1837)

Nudibranchs & Sea Slugs

Phidiana hiltoni O'Donoghue, 1927
Berthella californica (Dall, 1900)
Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
Triopha maculata MacFarland, 1905
Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863)
Limacia cockerelli (MacFarland, 1905)
Diaulula sandiegensis (Cooper, 1862)
Montereina nobilis MacFarland, 1905
Hermissenda crassicornis (Eschscholtz, 1831)

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