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Australian Tiger, *Ictinogomphus australis*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Australian Tiger
Summary
The Australian Tiger is a large, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits rivers, lagoons, lakes and larger ponds.
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Common Archtail, *Nannophlebia risi*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Common Archtail
Summary
The Common Archtail is a small, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits streams and rivers. The adults perch with the abdomen held in a distinctive curved arch.
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Compasses
Compasses
Summary
A historical look at navigation through compasses in the Queensland Museum Collection.
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Hercules Club Mud Whelk, Pyrazus ebeninus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Mud Whelks
Summary
The Hercules Club Mud Whelk is one of the most abundant larger-sized marine snails in Queensland. Its range extends from Cairns in north Queensland along the Queensland coast south to Tasmania. The Australian Mud Whelk commonly occurs with the Hercules Club Mud Whelk, and the juvenile stages of the two species can often be confused.
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Red-mouthed Stromb, Conomurex luhuanus. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Red-mouthed Stromb
Summary
The Red-mouthed Stromb is one of the most abundant and widespread of the Indo-Pacific stromb species. This species can be very common at certain muddy-sand, seagrass and lagoonal localities and is a prized food in many parts of Melanesia, and hence harvested commercially.
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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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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 is thought to be larger (14 metres).
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Cart-rut Whelk, Dicathais orbita. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Cart-rut Whelk
Summary
The Cart-rut Whelk is instantly identified by its deeply grooved shell sculpture (like the marks left by a cart in mud). This species lives exclusively in high energy rocky shorelines or platforms, often at or just below the tideline. It is found on the eastern and southern coasts of Australia and also New Zealand.
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Eugarie or Common Pipi (Latona deltoides). © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright
Eugarie
Summary
The Eugarie (also known as the Common Pipi) is a mollusc that is a very common shell on surf beaches. Dead and broken shells of this species are a common feature on the shoreline. It is found Australia-wide.
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Day Octopus, Octopus cyanea. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Cephalopods
Summary
This entirely marine class includes such familiar animals as the octopus, cuttlefish and squid and also the so-called ‘living-fossil’ Nautilus and the extinct ammonites. As the name suggests the limbs are closely associated with the head, and in most cephalopods these limbs (arms and tentacles) possess numerous suckers which help to secure prey. Many species of squid, octopus and cuttlefish are of major commercial importance (primarily as seafood).
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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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Purple-mouthed Kookaburra Whelk, Gyrineum lacunatum. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Purple-mouthed Kookaburra Whelk
Summary
The Purple-mouthed Kookaburra Whelk is so named because of its striking profile resemblance to a perched kookaburra and the purple tinge around the aperture. In reality it is actually a species of triton - Family Cymatiidae. The species is distributed across the Indo-West Pacific.
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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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Zebra Volute, Amoria zebra. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Zebra Volute
Summary
The Zebra Volute lives in shallow, usually subtidal sand banks where it seeks out other snails and clams for food. The striped colour pattern on the shell (length to 50mm) gives the species its common name, but there are several other species of Australian volute which likewise have striped shells. It is found from Queensland to New South Wales only.
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Bullrout, Notesthes robusta. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Bullrout
Summary
Bullrout are responsible for most fish stings that occur in upper tidal reaches and freshwaters of New South Wales and Queensland. The venomous fin spines can cause painful wounds. They are an ambush predator of small fish and crustaceans, hiding amongst snags and aquatic plants.
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Spike-top apple snail, Pomacea diffusa. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Spike-top Apple Snail
Summary
Apple Snails are freshwater snails commonly sold in the aquarium trade for the purpose of keeping aquarium glass clean of algae. However, if released, these snails, native to South America, are a potentially serious biological threat to the waterways of Australia.
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Amethyst Olive, Oliva amethystina. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch
Amethyst Olive
Summary
The Amethyst Olive is one of the commonest and most widespread of the olive snail family (Olividae). This species is found buried in subtidal sandy areas especially associated with coral reefs and lagoons in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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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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Cuttlebone, Sepia sp. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Cuttlebone
Summary
Cuttlebones are hard, ridged, shield-like objects that 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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