Order

Common name: Snails

Scientific name: Littorinimorpha

Littorinimorpha is an order of gastropod mollusks that includes many families of snails with gilled aquatic species, as well as some with a lung that are semi-aquatic. In reef aquariums, members of this order, such as the popular Turbo or Astrea snails, are often introduced as part of the clean-up crew to help control algae growth. They are generally hardy and beneficial for maintaining a healthy ecosystem by grazing on unwanted algae and detritus.

  1. Common name: Aperiovula juanjosensii
    Scientific name: Aperiovula juanjosensii
  2. Warty Egg Cowrie (Calpurnus verrucosus)
    Common name: Warty Egg Cowrie
    Scientific name: Calpurnus verrucosus
  3. Horned helmet shell (Cassis cornuta)
    Common name: Giant Helmet
    Scientific name: Cassis cornuta
  4. A strawberry conch, Strombus luhuanus, peeking out from its shell.; Derawan Island, Borneo, Indonesia.
    Common name: Strawberry Conch
    Scientific name: Conomurex luhuanus
  5. Flamingo Tongue Snails (Cyphoma gibbosum)
    Common name: Flamingo Tongue Snail
    Scientific name: Cyphoma gibbosum
  6. Tiger Cowry (Cypraea tigris)
    Common name: Tiger Cowrie
    Scientific name: Cypraea tigris
  7. Bullmouth Helmet (Cypraecassis rufa) shell on sea pebbles
    Common name: Bullmouth Helmet
    Scientific name: Cypraecassis rufa
  8. Common name: Fuzzy cowrie shell
    Scientific name: Erosaria miliaris
  9. Common name: knobbly triton
    Scientific name: Gutturnium muricinum
  10. Image of lambis chiragra (Harpago chiragra) sea shell is in the family strombidae isolated on white background. Undersea Animals.
    Common name: Harpago Chiragra
    Scientific name: Harpago chiragra
  11. lambis crocata
    Common name: Pilsbry's Spider Conch
    Scientific name: Lambis crocata
  12. lambis lambis
    Common name: Common Spider Conch
    Scientific name: Lambis lambis
  13. Seashell on the coast at sunrise. Big seashell on the beach close up . Queen conch (Lobatus gigas)
    Common name: queen conch
    Scientific name: Lobatus gigas
  14. Lobatus raninus seashell on a dark background
    Common name: Hawkwing Conch
    Scientific name: Lobatus raninus
  15. Cowry - Mauritia arabica
    Common name: Arabic cowry
    Scientific name: Mauritia arabica
  16. Group a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae isolated on white background. Undersea Animals. Sea Shells.
    Common name: Gold Ringer
    Scientific name: Monetaria annulus
  17. Serpent's Head Cowrie (Monetaria caputserpentis) shells
    Common name: Serpent's Head Cowrie
    Scientific name: Monetaria caputserpentis
  18. Money Cowrie (Monetaria moneta) shells
    Common name: Money Cowrie
    Scientific name: Monetaria moneta
  19. Sea snail Florida fighting conch (Strombus alatus) on the Atlantic Ocean bottom, Cuba, Varadero
    Common name: Florida fighting conch
    Scientific name: Strombus alatus
  20. Crystalline Sea Star Snail (Thyca crystallina), Philippines
    Common name: Crystalline Sea Star Snail
    Scientific name: Thyca crystallina