Mollusc Collection (#56)

Red triangle slug - feeding trails on tree trunk where the slug has been feeding on micro-flora
AUS-508 Red triangle slug - feeding trails on tree trunk where the slug has been feeding on micro-flora. Eastern Australia Triboniophorus graeffei Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Two octopus (Octopus cyanea), mating. The male (right) reaches out one arm
AUS-652 Day octopus, pair mating. The male, right, extends an arm to deposit a package of sperm inside the female. Andaman Sea

Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris). Andaman Sea, Myanmar
AUS-634 Tiger cowries Andaman Sea, Myanmar Cypraea tigris Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) gets it's name from its round white shell
AUS-558 Egg cowrie, named for its round white shell, here covered by its black mantle. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland

Snails - mating near their food fungi. Ground dweller in rainforest
AUS-518 Snails - mating near their food fungi. Ground dweller in rainforest. Far North Queensland, Australia Hadra bipartita Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Garden snail - mating, with discarded love darts nearby
AUS-510 Garden snail - mating, with discarded love darts nearby. Introduced to Australia, widespread Helix aspersa Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

The predatory snail, known as a volute, (Cymbiola sp) is burying itself in the sand, perhaps to avoid predators
AUS-682 A predatory snail, a volute burying itself in sand, perhaps to avoid predators. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Cymbiola sp

Nudibranch Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia DWD00159
AUS-1845 Nudibranch Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Halgerda sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Southern Keeled Octopus - in midwater Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia TED00191
AUS-1783 Southern Keeled Octopus - in midwater Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Octopus berrima John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Southern keeled octopus - Port Turton, South Australia TED00144
AUS-1766 Southern keeled octopus Port Turton, South Australia Octopus berrima John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Cowrie Shell North Solitary Island, New South Wales, Australia
AU-63-ms Cowrie Shell North Solitary Island, New South Wales, Australia. Cypraea sp. Auscape Shell Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Nudibranch (Glossodoris atromarginata) Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. DWD00263
AUS-1847 Nudibranch Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Glossodoris atromarginata Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Lightning Volute - at night, foraging. In daytime they bury themselves for protection. Edithburgh, South Australia
AUS-1910 Lightning Volute - at night, foraging. In daytime they bury themselves for protection. Edithburgh, South Australia Ericusa fulgetra John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Conch Andaman Sea, Myanmar DWD00631
AUS-1908 Conch Andaman Sea, Myanmar Strombus sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Nudibranch near Wreck Bay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. DWD00001
AUS-1848 Nudibranch near Wreck Bay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Notodoris minor Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Southern Bobtail Squid, Sepiola sp. This Small Squid is not yet described
AUS-1491 Southern bobtail squid, species not yet described, mature male with distinguishing enlarged suckers on first and third arms. S.Australia Sepiola sp

Nudibranch Rodda Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia DWD00189
AUS-1849 Nudibranch Rodda Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Halgerda sp. Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Doughboy scallop, Chlamys asperrimus, A scallop living in the middle of an ascidian colony, Edithburgh
AUS-1515 Doughboy scallop living in the middle of an ascidian / sea squirt colony. Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Chlamys asperrimus John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note

Mitre-like Volute Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. TED00152
AUS-1909 Mitre-like Volute Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Lytia mitraeformis John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Giant Pond Snail / Giant Water Snail - Immature
AEB-407 Giant Pond Snail / Giant Water Snail - Immature Limnaea stagnalis Elizabeth Bomford Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Snail - "Escargot Turc" (Turkish snail) - on globe artichoke. France
WAT-14499 Snail - "Escargot Turc" (Turkish snail) - on globe artichoke France Helix lucorum lucorum M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Starfish and Nudibranch (Chromodoris fidelis) - Komodo Marine National Park - Indonesia
VT-8962 Starfish and Nudibranch (Chromodoris fidelis) Komodo Marine National Park - Indonesia Fromia sp. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus. Female laying eggs in a fire coral where she will stand guard until they hatch
VT-8809 Broadclub / broad club cuttlefish - Female laying eggs in a fire coral where she will stand guard until they hatch. After the hatching is safely over she will die. Great Barrier Reef

Squid - on a jag hook. Ths photo was taken under a native fishing boat at night
VT-8774 Squid - on a jag hook. Ths photo was taken under a native fishing boat at night. Squid have extremely variable colour patterns Malaysia

Cuttelfish - showing siphon Indonesia
VT-6827 Cuttlefish - showing siphon Indonesia Sepia latimanus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Cuttlfish eggs
VT-3550 Cuttlefish eggs Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Atlantic Mixed Shells - and starfish, on beach in Coto Donana National Park, Andalucia, South Spain
USH-3928 Atlantic Mixed Shells - and starfish, on beach in Coto Donana National Park, Andalucia, South Spain Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mixed Shells - Razor shells, Baltic Tellin shells (Macoma balthica) Common Mussel shells (Mytilus edulis)
USH-3937 Mixed Shells - Razor shells, Baltic Tellin shells (Macoma balthica) Common Mussel shells (Mytilus edulis), and Common Cockles (Cerastoderma edula) North Sea, Island of Texel

Slug - eating Daffodil in garden UK
SPH-2562 Slug - eating Daffodil in garden UK Arion ater Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Mass of aestivating snails on dune plants. Mainly mediterranean species; very rare in SW England
ROG-11482 White / Sandhill SNAILS - mass of aestivating snails on dune plants Mainly mediterranean species; very rare in SW England Theba pisana Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal

Starfish - feeding on mussels
PM-9233 STARFISH - feeding on mussels (Mytilus) Asterias rubens Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Bitterling Fish Male & Female With Mussels where they lay eggs British Freshwater
PM-3459 Bitterling Fish - Male & Female With Mussels where they lay eggs, UK Freshwater Rhodeus sericeus Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Banded Snails - showing genetic polymorphism in wide variety of colour patterns within one species
PM-4469 BANDED SNAILS - Showing genetic polymorphism in a wide variety of colour patterns within one species. Cepaea nemoralis Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Mussel culture - Cap Gris Nez beach - North Sea - CUte d'Opale - France
ME-2143 Mussel culture Cap Gris Nez beach - North Sea - Cte d'Opale - France Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Broadclub Cuttlfish Tropical Indo-pacific
KEL-399 Broadclub Cuttlefish Tropical Indo-pacific Sepia latimanus Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Vampire Squid. California USA
DOW-290-N Vampire Squid California, USA Vampyroteuthis infernalis Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Vampire Squid. Going into "pineapple" defence posture. California USA
DOW-289-N Vampire Squid - going into pineapple defense posture California, USA Vampyroteuthis infernalis Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fossil ammonite- Cleoniceras spp. - Cretaceous - Madagascar
CAN-3849 Fossil ammonite Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian Stage - Mahajanga Province - Madagascar - Under UV light Cleoniceras spp

Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). This species of Octopus is said to be able to mimic other species of animals
Stephen Wong / SplashdownDirect

Giant clam with encrusting sponge, (Tridacna maxima), Rongelap, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific)
Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect

Small giant clam, Tridacna maxima, surrounded by lobe coral, Porites lutea, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific)
Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect

Red Sea chromodoris or Charlottas chromodoris (Chromodoris Charlottae). Little is known of this species habits or
Anna C.J. Segeren / SplashdownDirect

Nudibranch
Joe Graham / SplashdownDirect

Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Close up of eye Babbacombe, Torquay, South Devon, UK
Alan James / SplashdownDirect

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"Exploring the Fascinating World of Molluscs: From Roman Seafood Mosaics to Extinct Marine Reptiles" Dive into history with a mesmerizing Roman seafood mosaic featuring various mollusc species. Uncover the secrets of time with a fossil ammonite, Desmoceras spp. , dating back to the Upper Early Cretaceous period in Madagascar's Mahajanga Province. Witness nature's vibrant artwork as you encounter a stunning purple nudibranch or sea slug gracefully gliding through the ocean depths. Delve into legends and myths surrounding the elusive giant octopus, an awe-inspiring creature that has captivated human imagination for centuries. Marvel at an oyster shell containing an artificial pearl, showcasing both nature's beauty and mankind's ingenuity in creating precious gems. Embark on an underwater adventure off Croatia's Korcula Island and spot the exquisite nudibranch Janolus cristatus in its natural habitat within the Adriatic Sea. Reflect on Earth's ancient past as you come across fossils of extinct marine reptiles, reminding us of their once-dominant presence millions of years ago. Admire the intricate patterns displayed by Asteroceras, a fossil ammonite that reveals glimpses into prehistoric oceans' biodiversity and evolution. Transport yourself to Madagascar again with another fascinating fossil ammonite called Cleoniceras sp. , originating from the Cretaceous period. Encounter one of nature's masters of disguise - witness a cuttlefish effortlessly blend into its surroundings using camouflage techniques perfected over millennia. Ride along with an ocellate octopus swimming up from the sea floor, showcasing its remarkable ability to adapt and survive in diverse marine environments. Discover one of Africa’s largest gastropods – meet the Giant African Snail known for its impressive size and distinctive spiral shell.