Viewing: Molluscs
February 8, 2019
Much More to Fletcher’s Dock Than Meets the Eye
Much More to Fletcher’s Dock Than Meets the Eye by Steve Reynolds As reported in my article titled The Dunnikier Slip (& Its Links With The City Of Adelaide) (published in our April 2008 Newsletter), Henry Fletcher built a slipway at Birkenhead between 1849 and 1851. As explained in my article, “In the 1880s, Henry Fletcher began to excavate a... Read morePosted in Marine invertebrates, Maritime History, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds
October 13, 2018
The Occurrence of the Venus shell, Tapes literatus, in the Port River
Last year, I found a Venus shell, Tapes literatus at the Ships’ Graveyard in the North Arm of the Port River. I reported the discovery in my article entitled Further Discoveries at the Ships’ Graveyard. More recently, two more specimens were found on the western side of Torrens Island (8 October 2018). My kayak partner (known only as Greg) picked up... Read morePosted in Climate change, Invasive species, Marine invertebrates, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds
May 3, 2018
Tropical Stromb found on Largs Bay Beach
Steriyoula Thethes recently posted some photos of a couple of shells from Largs Bay beach on the SA Natureteers Facebook page, as follows: – (Photos courtesy of Steriyoula Thethes) “A new species of shell, Largs bay. And the last image of a shell that is becoming more common in the same area of Largs North”, said Steriyoula. There were a... Read morePosted in Marine invertebrates, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds
April 4, 2018
The blanket octopus, Tremoctopus violaceus
Andrew Wright, General Manager for Calypso Star Charters, recently sent us some photos of what he thought was a blanket octopus that had swum into their shark viewing cage at the North Neptune Island marine park on Good Friday. (Click on the following images to enlarge them.) The octopus that swam into the shark viewing cage (Photo courtesy of Andrew... Read morePosted in Cephalopods, Marine invertebrates, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds
May 22, 2017
Nudibranch name change
According to the web page found at http://www.urgdiveclub.org.au/scientific-names-do-change/ , “two-part scientific names contain a hierarchy which can change if an organism is re-classified”. I wrote about this topic in my article titled “Changes to Seastar Names” at http://mlssa.org.au/2010/10/07/changes-to-seastar-names/ . It can be difficult for ‘hobbyists’ such as ourselves to keep up with the changes for projects such as our Photo... Read morePosted in Marine invertebrates, Molluscs, Nudibranchs | By Steve Reynolds
March 25, 2017
Further discoveries at the Ship’s Graveyard
In addition to my recent discovery of an Oyster Blenny at the Ship’s Graveyard in the North Arm of the Port River, I also found this bivalve mollusc shell there. I checked it out further when I got home. I thought that it was a Venus shell, Tapes literatus. I photographed it with my mobile phone at home and sent... Read morePosted in Bony fishes, Invasive species, Marine invertebrates, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds
November 27, 2016
The Predatory Behaviour of an Eleven-armed Star Fish
During our recent dive at Rapid Bay jetties, I recorded a large eleven-armed star fish attacking an abalone. I have to admit that I set the whole thing up though. I was swimming along the side of the new jetty’s piles when I came across this abalone at the base of a jetty pile. It was attached to a small... Read morePosted in Marine invertebrates, Molluscs, Seastars | By Steve Reynolds
October 26, 2016
Bernard C. Cotton – former Curator of Molluscs at the SA Museum
Bernard C. Cotton was a Curator of Molluscs at the SA Museum in North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia. According to “Australia’s Spectacular Cowries” by Barry Wilson and Peter Clarkson (mlssa 1069), Bernard “wrote many scientific papers and semi-technical articles on southern Australian molluscs.” According to “Kingdom of the Seashell” by R.Tucker Abbott, Bernard wrote three volumes of a South Australian... Read morePosted in Achievements, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds
September 8, 2016
What Is CIGESMED for Divers?
In November 2013, I hosted Vasilis Gerovasileiou from Greece during his visit to South Australia. We only managed one dive together though. We managed a dive at Rapid Bay jetty on16th November 2013. Vasilis had only brought a 5mm wetsuit with him for his dives in Australia. This suit probably served him well for dives in WA & Queensland, but... Read morePosted in Citizen Science, Marine invertebrates, Molluscs, Research, sea urchins | By Steve Reynolds
June 6, 2016
Large Octopus Beach-washed at Petrel Cove
We recently received an email message reading “Howdy! I found this Octopus washed up at Petrel Cove and I can’t figure out what species it is. I estimate its leg span to be about 1.5m. Annelise Johnson” The message was accompanied by this photo of the beach-washed octopus: – Our reply to Annelise was: “Hi Annelise, That’s a beauty! The... Read morePosted in Cephalopods, Molluscs | By Steve Reynolds