This study investigates the Barbatia virescense byssal system and reveals additional function for the EGF protein, known for skin regeneration, as a biological adhesive across diverse species, highlig...

AKA tūroro in te reo Māori. First described by Edgar Albert Smith in 1915. Smith (1847 – 1916) was a British zoologist and malacologist, and his gravestone is distinguished by the Giant Clam shell on...

Another Australian endemic, although the sources I checked disagree on whether it grows attached to the seafloor with byssus threads, or embedded in sponges. The genus has been around since the...

Weighted towards species that have hard shells, and wash up on beachs, and only those observations where three or more people agreed on the ID.BIVALVESArcida - ArcidaeBanded Ark Barbatia pistachia 1Cardiida - CardiidaeCommon Southern Cockle Fulvia tenuicostata 1PsammobiidaeHiatula biradiata 1Carditida - CrassatellidaeEucrassatella donacina 3Lucinida - LucinidaeLace Cockle Divalucina cumingi 1Mytilida - MytilidaeDeck Mussel Septifer bilocularis 1Brachidontes ustulatus 2Ostreida - OstreidaeFoliate Oyster Dendostrea folium 2PinnidaeAustralian Razor Clam Pinna dolabrata 1Pectinida - AnomiidaeGolden Oyster Anomia trigonopsis 1PectinidaeDoughboy Scallop Mimachlamys asperrima 2Livid Fan Scallop Scaeochlamys livida 3Notochlamys hexactes 2Unionida - HyriidaeCarter’s Freshwater Mussel Westralunio carteri 3Venerida - Mactridae Southern Gaper Lutraria rhynchaena 1VeneridaeBanded Venerid Tawera lagopus 4Waved Venus Gomphina undulosa 5White Irus Irus carditoides 1CEPHALOPODASepiida - SepiidaeAustralian Giant Cuttlefish Ascarosepion apama 1Spirulida - SpirulidaeRam’s Horn Squid Spirula spirula 3GASTROPODACephalaspidea - BullidaeBrown bubble shell Bulla quoyii 1Cycloneritida - NeritidaeAustralian Black Nerite Nerita atramentosa 2Lepetellida - Fissurellidae Macroschisma munitum 1HaliotidaeRoe’s abalone Haliotis roei 3Littorinimorpha - CalyptraeidaeSlipper Limpet Maoricrypta immersa 1LittorinidaeLittle Blue Periwinkle - Austrolittorina unifasciata 1VermetidaeCommon Worm-shell Thylacodes sipho 1Nacellida - LottiidaeMaltese cross limpet Patelloida insignis 2Tall-ribbed Limpet Patelloida alticostata 3Neogastropoda - MuricidaeCart-Rut Shell Dicathais orbita 1NassariidaeNassarius particeps 1Trochida - PhasianellidaePainted-lady Pheasant Shell Phasianella australis 2TrochidaeConical Kelp Shell Thalotia conica 1Lehmann’s top shell Prothalotia lehmanni 1TurbinidaeRough turban shell Lunella torquata 2scaly small star Bellastraea squamifera 4Turbo kenwilliamsi 1CampanilidaeBell Clapper Campanile symbolicum 1EpitoniidaeViolet Sea Snail Janthina janthina 2PhysidaeAcute Bladder Snail Physella acuta 3 (Freshwater - probably introduced)PlanorbidaeGlyptophysa georgiana 3POLYPLACOPHORAChitonida - ChitonidaeLiolophura hirtosa 1

Another Australian endemic, although the sources I checked disagree on whether it grows attached to the seafloor with byssus threads, or embedded in sponges. The genus has been around since the...

Dan Alexa și soția lui, Andrada, divorțează la tribunal după aproape șase ani de relație. Recent, Andrada a fost surprinsă ieșind din casa lui Alex Bodi, fostul soț al Biancăi Drăgușanu, iar Dan Alexa a avut o primă reacție.

AKA tūroro in te reo Māori. First described by Edgar Albert Smith in 1915. Smith (1847 – 1916) was a British zoologist and malacologist, and his gravestone is distinguished by the Giant Clam shell on....

Mostly marine, since I still didn't get to see any of New Zealand's giant carnivorous land snails, alas. No Blank claveringi for me. Bivalvia Arcida - Arcidae Barbatia...

Weighted towards species that have hard shells, and wash up on beachs, and only those observations where three or more people agreed on the ID. BIVALVES Arcida - Arcidae Banded Ark Barbatia pistachia....

Another Australian endemic, although the sources I checked disagree on whether it grows attached to the seafloor with byssus threads, or embedded in sponges. The genus has been around since the...

A research team at POSTECH has uncovered the molecular mechanism behind the remarkable underwater adhesion of hairy mussels (Barbatia virescens). Their findings, published in Nature Communications, re...