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Hairy Mussel, Trichomya hirsuta. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Hairy Mussel
Summary
The Hairy Mussel occurs abundantly along the eastern and southern coasts of Australia as far south as Tasmania, particularly in estuarine localities. Shells of living animals are covered in short bristles. They occur in eastern and southern Australia.
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Mud Ark, Anadara trapezia. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Mud Ark
Summary
The Mud Ark is one of the most abundant bivalve molluscs on the mud- and sand-flats of eastern and southern Australia. They are common components of aboriginal shell middens.
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Penguin Wing Oyster, Pteria penguin. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Penguin Wing Oyster
Summary
The Penguin Wing Oyster is the largest member of its genus, growing to over 200 mm and characterised by a black shell exterior and a very long extension of the hinge. The Penguin Wing Oyster lives in shallow water to depths of up to 20 m. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Giant Panda Snail, Hedleyella falconeri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Giant Panda Snail
Summary
The Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail, the shell of which may reach 90 mm in height. This species is often encountered in the rainforests around Brisbane, particularly at night after rain when they are out feeding on fungi. Giant Panda Snails occur as far south as Barrington Tops in NSW.
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Orchid Snail, Zonitoides arboreus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Orchid Snail
Summary
The Orchid Snail is often cursed by greenhouse gardeners and orchid growers. This miniature invader, originally from North America only reaches about 6 mm in diameter. It ranges from southern Victoria to north-eastern Queensland.
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Pale Banded Snail, Sphaerospira mattea. © Queensland Museum.
Pale Banded Snail
Summary
The Pale Banded Snail has, as the common name suggests, a pale, yellowish shell with many strong, dark brown spiral bands. It also has a dark brown patch behind the outer lip and on the umbilical region on the base of the shell. It ranges from about the Tweed river region in northern New South Wales northwards to the Broadsound Range, north-west of Rockhampton, and inland to the Carnarvon area, Queensland.
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Red-triangle Slug, Triboniophorus graeffei. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Red-triangle Slug
Summary
The Red-triangle Slug is common in the greater Brisbane region of south-eastern Queensland. This species which lives in coastal forests from around Wollongong NSW north to Mossman in northern Qld has many colour forms.
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Steve Irwin's Tree Snail, Crikey steveirwini. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Steve Irwin's Treesnail
Summary
Steve Irwin's Treesnail is a strikingly coloured treesnail described in 2009 in memory of the late Steve Irwin, wildlife warrior, environmental educator and Queensland Museum medalist. It occurs in the Central Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland.
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Scaly Scallop, Scaeochlamys livida. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Scaly Scallop
Summary
The Scaly Scallop, as its common name implies, is sculptured with numerous, short vertical scales. The species grows to 60-70 mm and is fished commercially in southern Australian states. It is widespread along the Australian coast.
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Strawberry Cockle, Fragum unedo. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Strawberry Cockle
Summary
The Strawberry Cockle is creamy white with strawberry-red scales and has a solid, strongly ribbed shell. Like many other bivalves, it feeds by using a siphon to draw in water and pass it to the gills. Strawberry Cockles are common in the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
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Sydney Rock Oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Sydney Rock Oyster
Summary
The Sydney Rock Oyster is the most ecologically and commercially important species of the oyster family from Australian waters. It is found along the east coast of Australia, and New Zealand.
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White Hammer Oyster, Malleus albus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
White Hammer Oyster
Summary
The White Hammer Oyster is one of the most unusual types of marine bivalve molluscs and easily recognised by its greatly elongate hinge extensions (recalling a hammer shape) and somewhat corrugated valves. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Cuttlebone, Sepia sp. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Cuttlebone
Summary
Cuttlebones are hard, ridged, shield-like objects have a soft spongy inner layer and are frequently found on beaches, often in great clumps after storms. They are in fact the internal shells of cuttlefish, relatives of the octopus and squid. There are many species worldwide and several unique ones in Queensland’s waters.
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Giant Squid, Architeuthis dux. © Queensland Museum, John Healy.
Giant Squid
Summary
Giant Squid are among the world's largest molluscs (the longest recorded being approximately 13 metres), and heaviest invertebrates (up to half a tonne). Only the Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, Family Cranchiidae) is thought to be larger (14 metres).
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Oak Chiton, Onithochiton quercinus. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Oak Chiton
Summary
The Oak Chiton is easily recognised by its mottled grey, green, and black leathery girdle. It lives exposed on rocks in the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. It is found from Central Queensland southwards to southern WA.
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Sand-dusted Cone, Conus arenatus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Gastropods
Summary
Gastropods form the largest class of molluscs and include many well-known groups such as cowries, cone snails, tritons, periwinkles and whelks. To date approximately 950 species of gastropods have been recorded from the Bay.
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Purple-edged Nudibranch, Ceratosoma tenue. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Purple-edged Nudibranch
Summary
The Purple-edged Nudibranch is an attractive, moderately large (50-120 mm) and often-encountered shallow water sea slug. It occurs in subtropical and tropical Australia
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Pustulose Phyllidiid, Phyllidiella pustulosa. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Pustulose Phyllidiid
Summary
The Pustulose Phyllidiid is a nudibranch that lives on coral substrates in the lower intertidal zone and down to about 30 m depth, where it may be seen crawling during the day. It is one of the most common nudibranchs in the tropical Indo-west Pacific.
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Red-lined Aeolid, Coryphellina rubrolineata. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Red-lined Aeolid
Summary
The Red-lined Aeolid lives on shallow water reefs (intertidal down to 30 m) where it feeds on the polyps of hydroids (sea ferns). It occurs in temperate, subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Giant Clam, Tridacna maxima. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Bivalves
Summary
Bivalves are molluscs that have a shell composed of two valves attached by a skin-like ligament and usually interlocking (hinge) teeth. The class includes many commercially significant species and numerous ecologically dominant groups. About 350 species have been recorded from Moreton Bay.
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