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Brown Tiger Prawn, *Penaeus esculentus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Brown Tiger Prawn
The Brown Tiger Prawn is a large, banded prawn growing to 235 mm in length. It occurs on mud or sandy mud, and is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to central NSW.
Crustaceans
Common Violet Snail, *Janthina janthina*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Common Violet Snail
The Common Violet Snail is a thin-shelled marine snail that lives out its entire life cycle floating on the surface of the ocean, but often seen washed up on beaches after strong winds. It is found worldwide including both tropical and temperate Australia.
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Marine snails
Giant Panda Snail, Hedleyella falconeri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Giant Panda Snail
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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Gastropods
Land snails
Orchid Snail, Zonitoides arboreus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Orchid Snail
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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Land snails
Fraser's Banded Snail, Sphaerospira fraseri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Fraser's Banded Snail
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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Land snails
Richmond River Keeled Snail, *Thersites richmondiana*. © Queensland Museum. Richmond River Keeled Snail
The Richmond River Keeled Snail has an elevated spire and a strikingly-keeled shape. It occurs in the forests of Tamborine Mountain and Lamington National Park near Brisbane.
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Land snails
Leaden Sand Snail, Conuber sordidus. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Leaden Sand Snail
The Leaden Sand Snail is one of the largest, most common sand snails found on sand-and mud-flats along the eastern and southern coasts of Australia. It produces large crescent-shaped jelly-like egg masses.
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Marine snails
Fox Dove Snail, Pardalinops testudinaria. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Fox Dove Snail
The Fox Dove Snail is well known for its bold and often complex shell colouration. The animals are mostly carnivorous, but some species have secondarily become herbivorous. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Marine snails
Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail, Terrycarlessia turbinata. © Queensland Museum, John Stanisic. Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail
The Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail belongs to a family (Rhytididae) whose members prey on invertebrates such as earthworms and also on other snails. It ranges from the Barrington Tops in New South Wales to about Nambour in south-eastern Queensland.
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Land snails
Pale Banded Snail, *Sphaerospira mattea*. © Queensland Museum. Pale Banded Snail
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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Land snails
Asian Tramp Snails, Bradybaena similaris. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Asian Tramp Snail
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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Land snails
Lined Nerita, Nerita balteata. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Lined Nerite
The Lined Nerite is characterised by its finely grooved shell. This species of Nerite snail lives in association with mangrove trees. It is found in Tropical Australia.
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Marine snails
Red-mouthed Banded Whelk, Engina zonalis. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Red-mouthed Banded Whelk
The Red-mouthed Banded Whelk is a small species of predatory snail that may be found under large rocks and dead coral slabs from intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats to 15 m depth. It occurs in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Marine snails
European Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. European Garden Snail
The European Garden Snail is a very common garden and agricultural pest originally from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, but is now a widespread invader throughout the world. Occurs throughout most of southern and eastern Australia and northwards to the Atherton Tablelands in north-eastern Queensland.
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Land snails
Spike-top apple snail, Pomacea diffusa. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Spike-top Apple Snail
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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Land snails
Red-mouthed Stromb, Conomurex luhuanus. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Red-mouthed Stromb
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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Marine snails
Rose Petal Bubble Snail, Hydatina physis. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Rose Petal Bubble Snail
The Rose Petal Bubble Snail is carnivorous and feeds on certain marine polychaete (bristle) worms. It is most commonly encountered in shallow water bays during its breeding season (summer to early autumn) when specimens will lay strings of white, spaghetti-like ropes of eggs. It is found almost Australia-wide.
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Marine snails
Banded Helmet, Phalium bandatum. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Banded Helmet
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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Marine snails
Pygmy Wisp, *Agriocnemis pygmaea*, male. © Chris Burwell. Pygmy Wisp
The Pygmy Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits ponds, swamps and fringes of dams and lakes with plentiful aquatic vegetation. Mature males are dark brown or black with greenish markings and a reddish tip to the abdomen. Young females are mostly red and become black and green as they age.
Insects
Damselflies
Amethyst Olive, Oliva amethystina. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch Amethyst Olive
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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Gastropods
Marine snails
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