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

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PHYLUM : MOLLUSCA

CLASS: GASTROPODA
SUBCLASS: PROSOBRANCHIA

FAMILY: FISSURELLIDAE
Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810
Clypidina rugusa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1846)
Tugali parmophoidea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) ---
Amblychilepas javanicensis (Lamarck, 1822)
---
Amblychilepas nigrita (Sowerby, 1834) ---

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 callifera (Lamarck, 1822)
---
Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
Euchelus aspersus (Philippi, 1846)
Euchelus atratus (Gmelin, 1791)
Vaceuchelus ampullus (Tate, 1893)
Eurytrochus strangei (A.Adams, 1853)
Odontotrochus indistinctus (Wood, 1828)
Leiopyrga cingulata (A.Adams, 1853)

FAMILY: VITRINELLIDAE
Pseudoliotia micans (A.Adams, 1850) ---

FAMILY: TURBINIDAE
Subninella undulata (Lightfoot, 1786)
Phasianella solida (Born, 1778) ---

Astrea tentoriiformis (Jonas 1845
)

FAMILY: NERITIDAE
Nerita balteata Reeve, 1855 ---
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: PHENACOLEPADIDAE
Cinnalepta cinnamomea Gould, 1846 ---

FAMILY: LITTORINIDAE
Littoraria luteola (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) ---
Nodilittorina pyramidalis (Q & G, 1833) ---

Austrolittorina unifasciata (Gray, 1826) ---

Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822) ---

Bembicium auratum (Q & G, 1834) ---

Echinolittorina vidua (Gould, 1859)
---
Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839) ---

FAMILY: RISSOIDAE
Rissoina angasi Pease, 1872? ---

FAMILY : ASSIMINEIDAE
Assiminea affinis (Mousson 1874)? ---
Cryptassiminea sp? ---

FAMILY: HYDROBIIDAE
Tatea huonensis (Tenison Woods, 1876) ---

FAMILY: PLANAXIDAE
Hinea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1822)
Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1780)
---

FAMILY: CERITHIIDAE
Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841 ---

FAMILY: BATILLARIIDAE
Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguiere, 1792) ---
Velacumantus australis (Q & G, 1834)
---

FAMILY : LITIOPIDAE
Alaba opiniosa (Iredale, 1936) ---

FAMILY: TRIPHORIDAE
2 unidentified species ---

FAMILY: EULIMIDAE
Annulobalcis yamamotoi Habe, 1974 ---
Eulima sp? ---

FAMILY: STROMBIDAE
Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821

FAMILY: EPITONIIDAE 
Problitora moerchi (Adams & Angas, 1864) ---
Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852) ---
Epitonium sp ---
Epitonium minorum (Iredale, 1936) ---
Epitonium antisoa (Iredale, 1936) ---

FAMILY: LAMELLARIIDAE 
8 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 flaveola Linne, 1758 ---
Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849 ---
Cypraea hammondae Iredale, 1939
Cypraea humphreysii Gray, 1825 ---
Cypraea microdon Gray, 1828 ---
Cypraea moneta Linne, 1758
Cypraea punctata Linne, 1771 ---
Cypraea poraria Linne, 1758 ---
Cypraea subviridis, Reeve, 1835 ---
Cypraea tigris, Linne, 1758 ---

FAMILY: ERATOIDAE
Proterato lachryma (Sowerby, 1832) ---

FAMILY: TRIVIIDAE
Trivia oryza (Lamarck, 1810) ---

FAMILY: NATICIDAE
Polinices conicus (Lamarck, 1822) ---
Polinices melastomus (Swainson, 1821) ---
Natica pseustes Watson, 1881?
Natica sp

FAMILY: CYMATIIDAE
Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811)
Cymatium exaratum (Reeve, 1844) ---
Septa occidentale (Morch, 1877) ---
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, 1771
)

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

FAMILY: OLIVIDAE
Zemira australis (Sowerby, 1833) broken shell
Oliva sp very eroded shell with no colour but similar structure to Oliva reticulata (Roding, 1798
)

FAMILY: BUCCINIDAE
Engina zonalis (Lamarck, 1822)
Engina armillata (Reeve, 1846)


FAMILY: FASCIOLARIIDAE
Peristernia incarnata (Keiner, 1830)

FAMILY: NASSARIUS
Nassarius albescens (Dunker, 1846) ---
Nassarius melanioides (Reeve, 1853) ---
Nassarius burchardi (Dunker in Philippi, 1849) ---
Nassarius jonasii (Dunker, 1846) ---


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

FAMILY: CONIDAE
Conus sp Juvenile ---

 


SUBCLASS: PULMONATA – AIR BREATHING GASTROPODS

FAMILY: PHALLOMEDUSIDAE
Phallomedusa solida (von Martens, 1878) ---


FAMILY: ELLOBIIDAE
Ophicardelus sulcatus H & A Adams, 1855 ---

Ophicardelus ornata (Ferussac, 1821) ---

Pleuroloba quoyi (H & A Adams, 1855) --- 

Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791) ---

Cassidula zonata H & A Adams, 1855 ---

Cassidula sp ---
Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) ---

Melampus fasciatus (Deshayes, 1830) ---

Melampus flexuosus  Crosse, 1867 ---

Melampus granifera (Mousson, 1849) ---
Melampus sp ---
Laemodonta typica (H & A Adams, 1854) ---

Laemodonta punctigera
(H & A Adams, 1854) ---
Leuconopsis inermis Hedley, 1901 ---

FAMILY: ONCHIDIIDAE
Onchidina australis Semper, 1882 ---

Onchidium daemelii Semper, 1882 ---


FAMILY: SIPHONARIIDAE
Siphonaria denticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833?
---
Siphonaria funiculata Reeve, 1856?
---

FAMILY: TRIMUSCULIDAE
Trimusculus conicus (Angas, 1867) ---

 

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, 1900) ---

Philinopsis cyanea (Martens, 1879) ---
Aglajid sp ---

Melanochlamys sp ---

FAMILY: GASTROPTERIDAE
Siphopteron sp ---

FAMILY: HAMINOEIDAE
Haminoea sp 1 ---
Haminoea sp 2 ---
Haminoea sp 3 ---

FAMILY: BULLIDAE
Bulla angasi Pilsbry, 1893 ---
Bulla orientalis Habe, 1950 ---


FAMILY: OXYNOIDAE
Lobiger souverbii Fischer, 1856 ---
Oxynoe viridis (Pease, 1861)
---

FAMILY: PLAKOBRANCHIDAE
Elysia coodgeensis Angas, 1865
Elysia tomentosa Jensen, 1997 ---
Elysia sp 1 ---
Elysia sp 2 ---

Elysia sp 3 ---
Elysia sp 4 ---

FAMILY: LIMAPONTIDAE
Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1893)
Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
---

FAMILY: APLYSIIDAE
Aplysia juliana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) ---
Aplysia parvula Morch, 1863 ---

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
---
Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) ---

FAMILY: UMBRACULIDAE
Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) ---

FAMILY: PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826) ---
Berthellina citrina (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828) ---

Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1817) ---

Pleurobranchus weberi (Bergh, 1905) ---

Pleurobranchia maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) ---

Pleurobranchus forskalii Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828 ---

Pleurobranchus peroni Cuvier, 1804 ---

FAMILY: GONIODORIDIDAE
Okenia echinata Baba, 1949 ---
Goniodoridella savignyi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933)
---
Goniodoris joubini Risbec, 1928
---
Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967
---
Okenia zoobotryon Smallwood, 1910
---
Okenia sp
---
Ancula mapae Burn, 1961
---

FAMILY: POLYCERIDAE
Polycera melanosticta Miller, 1996 ---
Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1815)
---
Polycera sp
---

FAMILY: TRIOPHIDAE
Plocamopherus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1858) ---
Plocamopherus imperialis (Angas, 1864)
---
Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
---

FAMILY: KALINGIDAE
Kalinga ornata Alder & Hancock, 1864 ---

FAMILY: GYMNODORIDIDAE
Gymnodoris alba (Bergh, 1877) ---
Gymnodoris okinawae Baba, 1936 ---
Gymnodoris inornata Bergh, 1880? ---
Gymnodoris cf nigricolor Baba, 1960 ---
Gymnodoris sp 1
---
Gymnodoris sp 2 ---
Gymnodoris sp 3 ---
Gymnodoris sp 4 ---
Gymnodoris sp 5 ---
Gymnodoris sp 6 ---

FAMILY: AEGIRIDAE
Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004 ---

FAMILY: ACTINOCYCLIDAE
Hallaxa iju Gosliner & Johnson, 1994 ---

FAMILY: DORIDIDAE
Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860 ---

FAMILY: DISCODORIDIDAE
Hoplodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860)?
---
Hoplodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864)

Jorunna pantherina (Angas, 1864)
---
Jorunna sp
---
Jorunna sp ---
Jorunna sp ---
Jorunna sp ---
Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804
)
Platydoris sp? ---
Rostanga arbutus (Angas, 1864) ---
Rostanga sp? ---
Sclerodoris sp? ---
Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864) ---

Discodoris palma Allan, 1933? ---
Sebadoris nubilosa (Pease, 1871) ---

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 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 denisoni (Angas, 1864) ---
Dendrodoris fumata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)
---
Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
---
Dendrodoris coronata Kay & Young, 1969
---
Dendrodoris arborescens (Collingwood, 1881) ---  


FAMILY: HANCOCKIIDAE
Hancockia burni Thompson, 1972 ---

FAMILY: DOTIDAE
Doto cf racemosa Risbec, 1928 ---
Doto sp 1 ---

Doto sp 2 ---

FAMILY: SCYLLAEIDAE
Crosslandia viridis Eliot, 1903 ---

FAMILY: LOMANOTIDAE
Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908 ---
Lomanotus sp
---

FAMILY: MADRELLIDAE
Madrella ferruginosa Alder & Hancock, 1864 ---

FAMILY: ZEPHYRINIDAE
Janolus sp 1 ---
Janolus cf hyalinus (Alder & Hancock, 1854)---
Janolus sp 3
---

FAMILY: FLABELLINIDAE
Flabellina rubrolineata (O’Donoghue, 1929) ---

FAMILY: EUBRANCHIDAE
Eubranchus sp 1 ---
Eubranchus sp 2 ---

FAMILY: AEOLIDIIDAE
Aeolidiella alba Risbec, 1928 ---
Anteaeolidiella foulisi (Angas, 1864) ---
Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1823) ---
Baeolidia major (Eliot, 1903) ---

Baeolidia cf salaamica Rudman, 1982 ---

FAMILY: FACELINIDAE
Austraeolis ornata (Angas, 1864) ---
Cratena lineata (Eliot, 1904) ---
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 ---
Tergipes sp  ---
Myja longicornis Bergh, 1896 ---
Trinchesia acinosa (Risbec, 1928) ---

FAMILY: FIONIDAE
Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) ---

FAMILY: ?
Sp 1 ---
Sp 2
---

 

CLASS: POLYPLACOPHORA

FAMILY: ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Acanthochiton sp? ---

 

CLASS: BIVALVIA

FAMILY: ARCIDAE
Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
Arcopsis afra (Gmelin, 1791) ---

FAMILY: PTERIIDAE
Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)
Electroma physoides (Lamarck, 1819) ---

FAMILY: VULSELLIDAE
Vulsella vulsella (Linne, 1758)
Malleus albus Lamarck, 1819 ---

FAMILY: ISOGNOMONTIDAE
Melina ephippium Linne, 1758 ---

FAMILY: LASAEIDAE
Lasaea australis (Lamarck, 1818) ---


FAMILY: PECTINIDAE
Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck, 1819) ---
Belchlamys aktinos (Petterd, 1886) ---
Complichlamys dringi (Reeve, 1853)? ---
Mimachlamys gloriosa (Reeve, 1853) ---
Decatopecten strangei (Reeve, 1852) ---

FAMILY: LIMIDAE
Lima lima vulgaris (Link, 1807) ---
Limatula strangei (Sowerby, 1872) ---
Limaria sp? 1 ---
Limaria sp? 2 ---

FAMILY: CARDILIIDAE
Cardilia semisulcata (Lamarck, 1819) ---

FAMILY: MYTILIDAE
Trichomya hirsuta (Lamarck, 1819)
Musculus impactus Hermann, 1782

FAMILY: PINNIDAE
Pinna sp ---

FAMILY: ANOMIIDAE
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton, 1877 ---

FAMILY: MACTRIDAE
Mactra antecedens Iredale, 1930 ---

FAMILY: VENERIDAE
Eumarcia fumigata (Sowerby, 1853) ---
Irus crebrelamellatus (Tate, 1887) ---

FAMILY: TELLINIDAE
Tellina deltoidalis Lamarck, 1818 ---
Tellina albinella Lamarck, 1818 ---

FAMILY : PSAMMOBIIDAE
Gari togata (Deshayes, 1855) ---

FAMILY: GALEOMMATIDAE
Kellia tumida (Laseron, 1956) ---

FAMILY: CHAMIDAE
Chama pacifica Broderip, 1834 ---

FAMILY: SOLENIDAE
Solen vaginoides Lamarck, 1818 ---

FAMILY: PHOLADIDAE
Barnea australasiae Sowerby, 1849 ---



CLASS : CEPHALOPODA

FAMILY: OCTOPODIDAE
Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 ---
Hapalochlaena fasciata (Hoyle, 1886) ---


  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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