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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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Bullock's Nudibranch, *Hypselodoris bullockii*.© Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Bullock's Nudibranch
Summary
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.
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Funeral Pyre Nudibranch, *Jorunna funebris*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Funeral Pyre Nudibranch
Summary
The Funeral Pyre Nudibranch is easily identified by its distinctive white body colour decorated with large black circles composed of numerous raised papillae. It feeds on sponges and occurs in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Kuiter's Nudibranch, *Chromodoris kuiteri*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Kuiter's Nudibranch
Summary
Kuiter's Nudibranch is commonly 40-60 mm when extended although some specimens may grow to 75 mm. The species has a strong warning colour pattern. It is found throughout northern Australia and the south-western Pacific.
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Lotus Flower Nudibranch, *Coryphellina lotos*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Lotus Flower Nudibranch
Summary
The Lotus Flower Nudibranch 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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Co’s Nudibranch, *Goniobranchus coi*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Nudibranchs
Summary
Nudibranchs (naked-gilled sea-slugs) include some of the most colourful and flamboyant of sea creatures. There are around 3000 valid species in this Molluscan group. Many have bright and elaborate colour patterns as spectacular as those seen in some butterflies.
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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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Gold-spotted Nudibranch, *Halgerda aurantiomaculata*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Gold-spotted Nudibranch
Summary
The Gold-spotted Nudibranch has a mosaic of large and small golden patches, each outlined in orange, and the body itself is smooth to the touch. It occurs in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Japanese Hooded Nudibranch, *Melibe japonica*. Courtesy of Rod Foster.
Japanese Hooded Nudibranch
Summary
The Japanese Hooded Nudibranch is an enormous species of nudibranch (reaching a length of over 50 cm). This striking species that has a spoon-like oral hood has been commonly observed in south-east Queensland by divers and caught in nets of commercial trawlers.
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Blue Dragon Nudibranch, *Glaucilla marginata*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Blue Dragon Nudibranch
Summary
The Blue Dragon Nudibranch resembles a frilled tiny lizard. It reaches only 10 mm in length and has 3 pairs of fan-like finger-like appendages called cerata. The species is found throughout the Pacific Ocean.
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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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Banded Helmet, Phalium bandatum. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Banded Helmet
Summary
The Banded Helmet is one of the more common species of the Helmet snail family (Cassidae) and is most often seen washed up as dead shells or shell pieces. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Geography Cone, Conus geographus. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Geography Cone
Summary
The Geography Cone is a large species of cone snail with the shell reaching up to about 120 mm long. Geography Cones live on sand and rubble, under rocks and coral in the intertidal and subtidal zones. They are found from north WA to southern Queensland, and are widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
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Girdled Periwinkle, Littoraria filosa. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Girdled Periwinkle
Summary
The Girdled Periwinkle is striking, varying from yellow to brown, orange or pink. At low tide these molluscs 'glue' their shells to the bark or leaves of mangrove trees to stop themselves from drying out. This species is distributed from Botany Bay, New South Wales, around northern Australia to Exmouth Gulf, WA.
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Asian Tramp Snails, Bradybaena similaris. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Asian Tramp Snail
Summary
The Asian Tramp Snail is a serious vine and market garden pest, that has become well-established in eastern Australia from Melbourne, Victoria, and around Bega on the south coast of New South Wales northwards to the Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland.
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Gold-ring Cowrie, Monetaria annulus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Gold-ring Cowrie
Summary
The Gold-ring Cowrie grows only to about 30 mm long, and is abundant on eel grass flats in sandy-mud or sand, from the intertidal to the shallow subtidal zones, and in pools on ocean reef platforms. It is common across northern Australia and throughout the Indian and West Pacific Oceans.
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Fraser's Banded Snail, Sphaerospira fraseri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Fraser's Banded Snail
Summary
Fraser's Banded Snail is a native snail species that is quite large, its shell reaching a diameter of up to 56 mm. The shell ranges from a tawny yellow to dark brown base-colour with many black spiral bands and a dark area behind the outer lip. It occurs from around the Clarence River region in northern New South Wales northwards to about Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.
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Lord Valentia’s Cowrie, Leporicypraea valentia, Dorsal (back) view. © Queensland Museum, John Healy.
Lord Valentia's Cowrie
Summary
Lord Valentia's Cowrie is even rarer than the Golden Cowrie and often not seen outside of specialist collections. It is found from the Philippines to 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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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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