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  3. Marine snail

Marine snails

Emarginula fissura
Emarginula fissura
Diodora graeca
Diodora graeca
Tricolia pullus
Tricolia pullus
Margarites helicinus
Margarites helicinus
Gibbula tumida
Gibbula tumida
Gibbula cineraria
Gibbula cineraria
Gibbula umbilicalis
Gibbula umbilicalis
Jujubinus miliaris
Jujubinus miliaris
Jujubinus montagui
Jujubinus montagui
Osilinus lineatus
Phorcus lineatus
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Calliostoma granulatum
Calliostoma granulatum
Tectura testudinalis
Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Tectura virginea
Tectura virginea
Dorsal (left) and ventral view of shell
Patella depressa
Dorsal (left) and ventral view of shell
Patella ulyssiponensis
Dorsal (left) and ventral view of shell
Patella vulgata
Helcion pellucidum
Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758
Turritella communis
Turritellinella tricarinata (Brocchi, 1814)
Lacuna crassior
Lacuna crassior
Lacuna pallidula
Lacuna pallidula
Littorina littorea
Littorina littorea
Littorina nigrolineata
Littorina nigrolineata
Littorina obtusata
Littorina obtusata
Littorina saxatilis
Littorina saxatilis/arcana agg.
Live juveniles of Caecum armoricum collected from the Fleet, Dorset in October 2011 by Lin Baldock.
Caecum armoricum
Aporrhais pespelecani
Aporrhais pespelecani
Calyptraea chinensis
Calyptraea chinensis
Crepidula fornicata
Crepidula fornicata
Capulus ungaricus
Capulus ungaricus
Trichotropis borealis
Trichotropis borealis
Simnia patula
Simnia patula
Erato voluta
Erato voluta
Velutina velutina
Velutina velutina
Polinices montagui
Polinices montagui
Polinices pulchellus
Polinices pulchellus
Euspira catena
Euspira catena
Marshallora adversa 6.3mm ~ Mweenish Island, County Galway
Marshallora adversa
Epitonium clathrus
Epitonium clathrus
Epitonium trevelyanum
Epitonium trevelyanum
Epitonium turtonis
Epitonium turtonis
Melanella alba
Melanella alba
Trophon barvicensis
Trophon barvicensis
Trophon muricatus
Trophon muricatus
Trophon truncatus
Trophon truncatus
Ocenebra erinacea
Ocenebra erinacea
Nucella lapillus
Nucella lapillus
Buccinum humphreysianum
Buccinum humphreysianum
Buccinum undatum
Buccinum undatum
Colus gracilis
Colus gracilis
Colus jeffreysianus
Colus jeffreysianus
Neptunea antiqua
Neptunea antiqua
Volutopsius norvegicus
Volutopsius norwegicus
Hinia reticulata
Tritia reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hinia incrassata
Tritia incrassata (Strøm, 1768)
Hinia pygmaea
Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825)
Haedropleura septangularis
Haedropleura septangularis
Mangelia nebula
Mangelia nebula
Raphitoma linearis 6.4mm ~ Borth, Ceredigion
Raphitoma linearis
Teretia anceps
Teretia anceps
Turbonilla lactea 8.4mm ~ Mweenish Island, County Galway
Turbonilla lactea
Acteon tornatilis
Acteon tornatilis
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