Australian Freshwater Molluscs - The Australian Museum Blog
Non-marine molluscs such as land snails and slugs, freshwater snails and mussels are one of the best known groups of non-marine invertebrates.
Freshwater Aquariums Snail - Shop Online & In-Store Australia
In Australia, aquarium lovers can pick from many freshwater snail species. Pond snails and river snails are just a few examples. They bring natural beauty and interest to any aquarium. In Australia, the common ramshorn snail, apple snail, and Malaysian trumpet snail are favorites. Each has its own look and behavior.
Australian Freshwater Molluscs website - Ecobits Australia
The Australian Freshwater Molluscs website is a free interactive information system and identification key for the snails and bivalves of Australian inland waters. The site is accessible on the Lucidcentral.org site. The Australian freshwater molluscs are found in in a wide range of natural and man-made habitats.
Identification and Ecology of Australian Freshwater Invertebrates
Ecology: Gastropoda are found in a wide range of still and flowing freshwater habitats of coastal and inland streams, rivers, pools, dams and billabongs. Snails are collected from the weeds and algae in shallow waters, from soft muddy substrata in flowing waters, attached to plant material, rocks or pebbles of slow flowing waters and amongst ...
Australian Freshwater Molluscs | Request PDF - ResearchGate
2016年12月5日 · Helicorbis australiensis is an Australian snail, which lives on aquatic vegetation in ponds and other bodies of freshwater and feeds on detritus (Ponder et al....
Molluscs - The Australian Museum
Discover the incredible variety of molluscs in the Australian Museum collection factsheets. Malacology, the study of molluscs, include chitons, clams, mussels, snails, sea slugs, tusk shells, octopus, and squid. Molluscs live almost everywhere - on the rocky shore, in freshwater habitats and in your garden. Generally molluscs have:
Freshwater Snails - LiveFish
Freshwater snails are found all over the world in just about every water source. Ramshorn (Planorbella) snails originated from North America, but have been introduced in many waterways around the world. Waterhouse snails are native to Australia, inhabiting water holes in central Northern Territory and Western Queensland.
Lymnaeidae - Wikipedia
Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superfamily Lymnaeoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 ).
Introduced snails in Australia - The Australian Museum
Over 65 land and freshwater snails and slugs have been introduced to Australia from overseas. But only a few of these have become pests. The common garden snail, Helix aspersa, has been in Australia for well over 120 years. Today, it is by far the most widespread of all our introduced species, existing in all states and territories.
Planorbidae, Freshwater Snail - Museums Victoria Collections
Freshwater Snails are herbivores, eating algae scraped from the surface of live plants or rocks. Their shells are thinner than those of marine snails. Distribution. Worldwide. Mainland Australia and Tasmania. Habitat. Slow-flowing water, among debris or on aquatic plants.