- P. GRAHAM OLIVER & EMILY GLOVER (1996) Paphia (Protapes) (Bivalvia: Veneroidea) in the Arabian Sea, with the description of a new species
- M. EDMUNDS & R. C. PREECE (1996) A collection of opisthobranch molluscs from the Pitcairn Islands¹
- PHILIPPE BOUCHET & ROLAND HOUART (1996) A new genus of Atlantic Muricidae with misleading shell morphology (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
- SERGE GOFAS & CARMEN SALAS (1996) Small Nuculidae (Bivalvia) with functional primary hinge in the adults
- D. L. GEIGER & P. JUNG (1996) A shell of Floribella aldrichi (Dall, 1890), a large seahare (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Aplysiidae) from the Neogene of the Northern Dominican Republic
- M. B. SEDDON & I.J. KILLEEN (1996) A new species of the genus Leiostyla from the Madeiran Archipelago
