Molluscs
Although diverse, molluscs share several characteristics...
Bivalves
This group includes oysters, mussels, scallops and clams.
Gastropods
Snails and slugs comprise about 70% of all mollusc species.
- Snails and slugs
- Sea Slug Forum
- Elephant Snail
- Threatened and endangered land snails
- Zebra Snail
- Turban Snail
- Violet Snail
- Introduced snails in Australia
- Red Triangle Slug
- Leopard Slug
- Non-marine Molluscs
- Limpets
- Black Nerites
- Sydney Mud Whelk
- Sydney Rock Whelk
- Sea Hare
- Blacklip Abalone
- Little Blue Periwinkle
- Defensive colour in sea slugs
- Giant Panda Snail
- Garden Snail
Cephalopods
This group include octopuses, cuttlefishes, squids and nautiluses.
- Octopus, squid and cuttlefish - Class Cephalopoda
- Chambered Nautilus
- Nautilus macromphalus
- Nautilus pompilius
- Poison Ocellate Octopus - Octopus mototi
- White-striped Octopus - Octopus ornatus
- Pale Octopus - Octopus pallidus
- Southern Blue-lined Octopus - Hapalochaena fasciata
- Common Sydney Octopus – Octopus tetricus
- Spongetip Octopus - Eledone palari
- Hammer Octopus - Octopus australis
- Southern Keeled Octopus - Octopus berrima
- Veined Octopus - Octopus marginatus
- Slender Cuttlefish – Sepia braggi Verco, 1907
- Hedley’s cuttlefish – Sepia hedleyi Berry 1918
- Reaper Cuttlefish – Sepia mestus Gray, 1849
- Magnificent Cuttlefish – Sepia opipara (Iredale, 1926)
- Papuan Cuttlefish – Sepia papuensis Hoyle, 1885
- Mourning Cuttlefish – Sepia plangon Gray, 1849
- Rosecone Cuttlefish – Sepia rozella (Iredale, 1926)
- Whitley's Cuttlefish – Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926)
- Giant Cuttlefish - Sepia apama Gray, 1849
- Smith's Cuttlefish – Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885
- Knifebone cuttlefish – Sepia cultrata Hoyle, 1885
- Ken's Cuttlefish – Sepia grahami Reid, 2001
- Ram's Horn Squid – Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Southern Giant Squid – Architeuthis sanctipauli
- Big bottom bobtail squid – Austrorossia australis Berry, 1918
- Luminous Flying Squid – Eucleoteuthis luminosa Sasaki, 1915
- Southern Bobtail Squid – Euprymna tasmanica (Pfeffer, 1884)
- Southern Pygmy Squid – Idiosepius notoides Berry, 1921
- Joubin's Squid – Joubiniteuthis portiere (Joubin, 1912)
- Luminous Bay Squid – Loliolus noctiluca Lu, Roper & Tait, 1985
- Red Arrow Squid – Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888)
- Hawaiian Flying Squid – Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912)
- Pencil Squid – Photololigo etheridgei
- Southern Bottletail Squid – Sepiadarium austrinum Berry, 1921
- Striped Pyjama Squid – Sepioloidea lineolata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)
- Southern Calamari Squid – Sepioteuthis australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
- Bigfin Reef Squid – Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830
- Purpleback Flying Squid – Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830)
- Diamondback Squid – Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857
Chitons
Their most distinctive feature is their eight overlapping plates.
Molluscs in our Collections
The Malacology Collection holds a diverse array of mollusc specimens.
