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Fragile File Clam, Limaria fragilis. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Fragile File Clam
File Clams live on the underside of rocks, or under shell rubble in rock pools in the intertidal zone. They filter feed on plankton, and their swimming behaviour undoubtedly helps them evade predators. File Clams occur throughout the Indo-west Pacific.
Molluscs
Bivalves
Orange-fingered Yabby, *Cherax depressus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Orange-fingered Yabby
The Orange-fingered Yabby is typically semi-aquatic in gullies, temporary pools and shallow creeks with limited flow. Also common in farm dams.
Crustaceans
Cream Wafer Tellin, *Tonganaella perna*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Cream Wafer Tellin
The Cream Wafer Tellin lives deeply burrowed in shallow subtidal sandy habitats. Found in tropical and subtropical Australia.
Molluscs
Bivalves
Redclaw, *Cherax quadricarinatus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Redclaw
Redclaw crayfish make short burrows around the waterline, or underneath submerged rocks and fallen trees. Introduced to south-east Queensland through aquaculture, farm dams, and aquarium interests, and now feral in Lake Samsonvale, Wivenhoe Dam, and freshwater sections of Bremer and Brisbane Rivers.
Crustaceans
Mottled Treesnail, Papuexul bidwilli. © Queensland Museum. Land Snails, Slugs and Freshwater Snails
The terrestrial environment is home to a vast array of snails and slugs. Many native land snails and slugs live in the moist layers of litter on the forest floor and other moist habitats such as rotting logs, under rocks or beneath debris. In eastern Australia, they are particularly diverse in rainforest areas. The freshwater environment also hosts a variety of snails.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
Furry-clawed Crab, *Australoplax tridentata*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Furry-clawed Crab
Furry-clawed Crab males have blue claws with a large round patch of fur at the base of their 'fingers' (females have very small claws without furry patches). Abundant, in mangroves and on muddy creek banks. Indigenous, Sydney, NSW, north to Darwin, NT.
Crustaceans
Goose Barnacle, *Lepas anserifera*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Goose Barnacle
The Goose Barnacle is found in the open sea, where it attaches to floating logs, planks and other flotsam. It is common in tropical Australia.
Crustaceans
Cleft-fronted Bait Crab, *Guinusia dentipes*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Cleft-fronted Bait Crab
The Cleft-fronted Bait Crab has short hairs on its body and legs, and can reach 70 mm in carapace width. It occurs in eastern Qld; also subtropical and tropical western and eastern Pacific (north to Japan and south-east to Easter Island).
Crustaceans
Bullock's Nudibranch, *Hypselodoris bullockii*.© Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Bullock's Nudibranch
Bullock’s Nudibranch is a shallow water sea slug often seen by divers on coral reefs. It feeds on sponges and occurs in tropical Australia as far south as Moreton Bay, Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Nudibranchs
Honeycomb Coral Crab, *Trapezia septata*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Honeycomb Coral Crab
The Honeycomb Coral Crab features honeycomb patterning over its shell and claws. It lives commensally with a variety of branching corals, and is found in northern Australia. Also found in the eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific and north to Japan.
Crustaceans
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