SEA SLUGS

AND  OTHER  MARINE  INVERTEBRATES  OF  THE  TWEED - BYRON  COAST,  AUSTRALIA.

BRUNSWICK RIVER LIST

A PARTIAL LIST OF MOLLUSC SPECIES OCCURRING IN THE BRUNSWICK RIVER

CLASS: GASTROPODA
SUBCLASS: PROSOBRANCHIA

FAMILY: FISSURELLIDAE
Scutus antipodes Montfort 1810
Clypidina conoidea Reeve 1842
Tugali parmophoidea Quoy & Gaimard 1834
Amblychilepas javanicensis Lamarck 1822


FAMILY: NACELLIDAE
Cellana tramoserica Holten 1802

FAMILY: LOTTIIDAE
Patelloida alticostata Angas 1865
Patelloida mimula Iredale 1924
Notoacmea petterdi Tenison-Woods 1876


FAMILY: TROCHIDAE
Astele speciosum A.Adams 1855
Monilea lentiginosa A.Adams 1853
Austrocochlea constricta Lamarck 1822
Euchelus aspersus Philippi 1846
Euchelus atratus Gmelin
Vaceuchelus ampullus Tate 1893
Eurytrochus strangei A.Adams 1853
Odontotrochus indistinctus Wood 1828
Leiopyrga cingulata A.Adams 1853


FAMILY: TURBINIDAE
Subninella undulata Lightfoot 1786
Phasianella solida Born 1778
Astrea tentoriiformis Jonas 1845


FAMILY: NERITIDAE
Nerita lineata Gmelin 1791
Nerita plicata Linne 1758
Nerita albicilla Linne 1758
Nerita atramentosa Reeve 1855
Nerita polita Linne 1758
Nerita chamaeleon Linne 1758
Nerita planospira Anton 1839

Nerita insculpta Recluz 1841

FAMILY: LITTORINIDAE
Littoraria luteola Quoy & Gaimard 1834
Nodilittorina pyramidalis Q & G 1833
Nodilittorina unifasciata Gray 1826
Bembecium nanum Lamarck 1822
Bembecium auratum Q & G 1834
Nodilittorina millegrana Philippi 1848


FAMILY: PLANAXIDAE
Hinea brasiliana Lamarck 1822
Planaxis sulcatus Born 1780


FAMILY: BATILLARIIDAE
Pyrazus ebeninus Bruguiere 1792
Velacumantus australis Q & G 1834


FAMILY: TRIPHORIDAE
1 unidentified species

FAMILY: STROMBIDAE
Strombus mutabilis Swainson 1821

FAMILY: EPITONIIDAE 
Problitora moerchi Adams & Angas 1864
2 unidentified species


FAMILY: LAMELLARIIDAE 
4 unidentified species

FAMILY: CYPRAEIDAE
Cypraea annulus Linne 1758
Cypraea arabica Linne 1758
Cypraea asellus Linne 1758
Cypraea caputserpentis Linne 1758
Cypraea clandestina Linne 1758

Cypraea eglantina Duclos 1833
Cypraea erosa Linne 1758
Cypraea errones Linne 1758
Cypraea felina Gmelin 1791
Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin 1791
Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin 1849
Cypraea hammondae Iredale 1939
Cypraea humphreysii Gray 1825
Cypraea labrolineata Gaskoin 1849

Cypraea microdon Gray 1828
Cypraea moneta Linne 1758
Cypraea punctata Linne 1771
Cypraea poraria Linne 1758
Cypraea subviridis Reeve 1835
Cypraea tigris Linne 1758 Juvenile

FAMILY: ERATOIDAE
Proterato lachryma Sowerby 1832

FAMILY: TRIVIIDAE
Trivia oryza Lamarck 1810

FAMILY: NATICIDAE
Polinices conicus Lamarck 1822
Natica pseustes Watson 1881
Natica sp

FAMILY: CYMATIIDAE
Cabestana spengleri Perry 1811
Cymatium exaratum Reeve 1844
Septa rubecula Linne 1758
Cymatium parthenopeum von Salis 1793
Cymatium pileare Linne 1758
Cymatium aquatile Reeve 1844

Ranella australasia Perry 1811
Cymatium labiosum Wood 1828
Gyrineum lacunatum Mighels 1845
Linatella succincta Linne 1767


FAMILY: MURICIDAE
Bedeva paivae Crosse 1864
Dicathais orbita Gmelin 1791
Morula marginalba Blainville 1832
Cronia aurantiaca Hombron & Jacquinot 1853
Morula margariticola Broderip 1832
Cronia contracta Reeve 1846
Thais alouina Roding 1798
Thais echinata Blainville 1832


FAMILY: OLIVIDAE
Zemira australis Sowerby 1841 shell fragment
Oliva sp very eroded shell with no colour but similar structure to Oliva reticulata Roding 1798


FAMILY: BUCCINIDAE
Engina zonalis Lamarck 1822
Engina sp


FAMILY: FASCIOLARIIDAE
Peristernia incarnata Deshayes 1830

FAMILY: NASSARIUS
Nassarius albescens Dunker 1846
Nassarius melanioides Reeve 1853
Nassarius burchardi Dunker 1849
Nassarius sp


FAMILY: COLUMBELLIDAE
Pyrene scripta Lamarck 1822
Pyrene testudinaria Link 1807 
Mitrella tayloriana Reeve 1859
Pseudamycla dermestoidea Lamarck 1822

FAMILY: CONIDAE
Conus sp Juvenile

FAMILY: TEREBRIDAE
1 sp unidentified


SUBCLASS: PULMONATA – AIR BREATHING GASTROPODS

FAMILY: AMPHIBOLIDAE
Salinator solida von Martens 1878

FAMILY: ELLOBIIDAE
Ophicardelus sulcatus H & A Adams 1855
Ophicardelus ornata Ferussac 1821
Ophicardelus quoyi H & A Adams 1855 
Cassidula nucleus Gmelin 1791?
Cassidula plecotrematoides Mollendorf 1901?
Melampus luteus Quoy & Gaimard 1832? 
Laemodonta typica H & A Adams 1854
1 unidentified species

FAMILY: ONCHIDIIDAE
Onchidina australis Semper 1882

FAMILY: SIPHONARIIDAE
Siphonaria sp 

SUBCLASS: OPISTHOBRANCHIA – SEA SLUGS

FAMILY: BULLINIDAE
Bullina lineata Gray 1825

FAMILY: HYDATINIDAE
Hydatina physis Linne 1758
Micromelo undata Bruguiere 1792


FAMILY: AGLAJIDAE
Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba 1938
Philinopsis pilsbryi Eliot 1903
2 Aglajid species


FAMILY: GASTROPTERIDAE
Siphopteron sp

FAMILY: HAMINOEIDAE
2? Haminoea sp

FAMILY: BULLIDAE
Bulla angasi Pilsbry 1893
Bulla punctulata A.Adams in Sowerby 1850


FAMILY: OXYNOIDAE
Lobiger souverbii Fischer 1856
Oxynoe viridis Pease 1861


FAMILY: ELYSIIDAE
Elysia australis Quoy & Gaimard 1832
4 Elysia sp

FAMILY: LIMAPONTIDAE
Placida cremoniana Trinchese 1893
Placida dendritica Alder & Hancock 1843


FAMILY: APLYSIIDAE
Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Aplysia parvula Morch 1862
Aplysia dactylomela Rang 1828?
Aplysia extraordinaria Allan 1932?
Aplysia sowerbyi Pilsbry 1895
Bursatella leachii de Blainville 1817
Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot 1786
Dolabrifera brazieri Sowerby 1870
Dolabrifera dolabrifera Cuvier 1817
Petalifera ramosa Baba 1959


FAMILY: UMBRACULIDAE
Umbraculum umbraculum Lightfoot 1786

FAMILY: PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
Berthella stellata Risso 1826
Berthellina citrina Ruppell & Leuckart 1828
Pleurobranchus grandis Pease 1868
Pleurobranchia maculata Q & G 1832
Pleurobranchus forskalii Ruppell & Leuckart 1828
Pleurobranchus peroni Cuvier 1803


FAMILY: GONIODORIDIDAE
Okenia echinata Baba 1949
Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol 1933
Goniodoris joubini Risbec 1928
Okenia pellucida Burn 1967
Ancula mapae Burn 1961


FAMILY: POLYCERINAE
Polycera melanosticta Miller 1996
Thecacera pennigera Montagu 1815
2Polycera sp


FAMILY: TRIOPHINAE
Plocamopherus ceylonicus Kelaart 1858
Plocamopherus imperialis Angas 1864
Kaloplocamus ramosus Cantraine 1835


FAMILY: GYMNODORIDIDAE
Gymnodoris alba Bergh 1877
Gymnodoris okinawae Baba 1936
Gymnodoris inornata Bergh 1880?
Gymnodoris citrina Bergh 1875?
3 Gymnodoris species?


FAMILY: AEGIRETIDAE
Aegires punctilucens d’Orbigny 1837

FAMILY: ACTINOCYCLIDAE
Hallaxa iju Gosliner & Johnson 1994

FAMILY: DORIDIDAE
Doriopsis granulosa Pease 1860
Hoplodoris grandiflora Pease 1860?
Hoplodoris nodulosa Angas 1864
Jorunna pantherina Angas 1864
Platydoris scabra Cuvier 1804
Platydoris species?
Rostanga arbutus Angas 1864
Sclerodoris apiculata Alder & Hancock 1864?
Discodoris lilacina Gould 1852


FAMILY: CHROMODORIDIDAE
Chromodoris albonares Rudman 1990
Chromodoris aureopurpurea Collingwood 1881
Chromodoris collingwoodi Rudman 1987
Chromodoris daphne Angas 1864
Chromodoris decora Pease 1860
Chromodoris geometrica Risbec 1928
Chromodoris leopardus Rudman 1987
Chromodoris splendida Angas 1864
Chromodoris striatella Bergh 1876
Chromodoris cf. reticulata Ruppell & Leuckart 1828?
Chromodoris tinctoria Ruppell & Leuckart 1830
Chromodoris woodwardae Rudman 1983 
Chromodoris verrieri Crosse 1875
Hypselodoris obscura Stimpson 1855
Hypselodoris bennetti Angas 1864
Noumea haliclona Burn 1957
Noumea simplex Pease 1871
Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman 1987


FAMILY: DENDRODORIDIDAE
Dendrodoris dennisoni Angas 1864
Dendrodoris fumata Ruppell & Leuckart 1828
Dendrodoris nigra Stimpson 1855
Dendrodoris coronata Kay & Young 1969 


FAMILY: HANCOCKIIDAE
Hancockia burni Thompson 1972

FAMILY: DOTIDAE
Doto ussi Ortea 1982
2 Doto species


FAMILY: SCYLLAEIDAE
Crosslandia viridis Eliot 1903
Notobryon wardi Odhner 1936?

FAMILY: LOMANOTIDAE
Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot 1908
Lomanotus species


FAMILY: MADRELLIDAE
Madrella ferruginosa Alder & Hancock 1864

FAMILY: ZEPHYRINIDAE
Janolus sp—2-3 species unidentified. 

FAMILY: FLABELLINIDAE
Flabellina rubrolineata O’Donoghue 1929

FAMILY: EUBRANCHIDAE
2 Eubranchus species

FAMILY: AEOLIDIIDAE
Aeolidiella alba Risbec 1928
Anteaeolidiella indica Bergh1888
Spurilla australis Rudman 1982
Spurilla neapolitana Delle Chiaje 1823
Spurilla major Eliot 1903


FAMILY: GLAUCIDAE
Austraeolis ornata Angas 1864
Cratena lineata Eliot 1905
Facelina sp
Favorinus japonicus Baba 1949
Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe 1964
Cratena sp
Moridilla sp
Phyllodesmium poindimiei Risbec 1928

Sakuraeolis nungunoides Rudman 1980

FAMILY: TERGIPEDIDAE
Trinchesia yamasui Hamatani 1993
Trinchesia sibogae Bergh 1905
Trinchesia sp 
Myja longicornis Bergh 1896
Trinchesia acinosa Risbec 1928


CLASS: PELECYPODA - BIVALVES

FAMILY: ARCIDAE
Anadara trapezia Deshayes 1839

FAMILY: PTERIIDAE
Pinctada fucata Gould 1850
Electroma physoides Lamarck 1819

FAMILY: VULSELLIDAE
Vulsella vulsella Linne
Malleus albus Lamarck 1819

FAMILY: ISOGNOMONTIDAE
Melina ephippium Linne 1758

FAMILY: PECTINIDAE
Scaeochlamys livida Lamarck 1819
Belchlamys aktinos Petterd 1886
Complichlamys dringi Reeve 1853
Chlamys sp
Mimachlamys gloriosa Reeve 1853

FAMILY: OSTREIDAE
Crassostrea commercialis Iredale & Roughley
Pyenodonte hyotis Linne

FAMILY: LIMIDAE
Lima lima vulgaris Link 1807

FAMILY: MYTILIDAE
Trichomya hirsute Lamarck 1819
Musculus impactus Hermann 1782

FAMILY: PINNIDAE
Pinna sp, hard to identify because buried in sand with only small portion 
showing

FAMILY: ANOMIIDAE
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1877?

FAMILY: VENERIDAE
Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby 1853

FAMILY : GALEOMMATIDAE
Kellia tumida Laseron 1956

FAMILY: CHAMIDAE
Chama fibula Reeve 1846 or pacifica Broderip 1834 

  My apologies, if the two checklists are not in the correct order or some of the names are outdated, as the classification of Molluscs appears to be an everchanging thing and I am not qualified to keep up!

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