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      • Collecting localities in the Cape Province
      • Field meeting Walton-on-Naze
      • Field meeting to Box Hill
      • Herons, Moorhens and Rats feeding on Anodonta anatina
      • Introduction
      • Introduction to molluscan taxonomy 1) Species and subspecies
      • Oyster Catchers feeding on Patella vulgata
      • Volutes
      • Issue 3
        • Introduction to molluscan taxonomy 2) The significance of types
        • Land and freshwater snails: additions to the British List since 1926
        • Littoral collecting in the Scilly Isles
        • Snails in a Sussex garden
      • Issue 4
        • Biographical Note
        • Introduction to molluscan taxonomy 3) The genus
        • Learning in Nucella lapillus
        • Mollusca on Liverpool bomb sites
        • The Cardiacea
        • The Strombidae
      • Issue 5
        • A suggested method for extracting the animals from small high-spired shells
        • Commensual crabs in Mytilus edulis
        • Field meeting at Shell Bay, Dorset
        • Field meeting at West Runton and Overstrand
        • Introduction to molluscan taxonomy 4) Taxonomic history
        • J.G. Bruguiere 1750-98
      • Issue 6
        • A little more biography
        • Field meeting at Amberley
        • Field meeting to Grasswood, Yorkshire May 1962
        • Marine collecting in New Zealand
        • Marine mollusca of Carnac, Brittany
        • On the use and misuse of common names
        • Strand shells after Cornish gales
        • Trochus magus in the Isle of Wight
      • Issue 7
        • 35 years collecting
        • Field meeting Epping Forest
        • Field meeting White Downs
        • More strand shells after Cornish gales
        • Natural History Museum at Craster
        • Notes on the pholadidae
      • Issue 8
        • Field meeting at Norwich
        • Geology for conchologists - Introduction
        • Geology for conchologists - The last 15,000 years
        • The Strophocheilidae
      • Issue 9
        • More autobiography
        • Sinistrorsity
        • Some etymology
        • Systematics sewn up
      • Issue 10
        • Field meeting at Norbury Park
        • Papers for students
        • Rearing snails from the egg
      • Issue 11
        • Field meeting at Leith Hill
        • Posting living mollusca
        • Snails extinct in England but living abroad
        • The Viviparidae
    • 'Papers for students' 1964 - 1991
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New Field Meeting added

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A non-marine field meeting is coming up in the Cheddar area, Somerset with leaders Chris Billinghurst and Keith Alexander.

More information here

SALE OF UNSOLD BOOKS, September 1 2024: prices slashed; many free books: fill your shelves!

  • Read more about SALE OF UNSOLD BOOKS, September 1 2024: prices slashed; many free books: fill your shelves!
SALE OF UNSOLD BOOKS, September 1 2024: prices slashed; many free books:  fill your shelves!

The prices of the books that have not yet been bought have been substantially reduced yet again – most of the 250+ books that remain are now free!!

SALE OF UNSOLD BOOKS, August 1 2024: further reductions, many free books!!

  • Read more about SALE OF UNSOLD BOOKS, August 1 2024: further reductions, many free books!!
SALE OF UNSOLD BOOKS, August 1 2024: further reductions, many free books!!

The prices of the books that have not yet been bought have been substantially reduced again – there are serious bargains available, and many free books.

Statement about shell collecting on British beaches

  • Read more about Statement about shell collecting on British beaches

Conflicting reports have appeared in the recent UK media regarding the legality of collecting shells on British beaches. Many of these refer to the UK Coast Protection Act 1949 (Coast Protection Act 1949 (legislation.gov.uk).

Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)

Submitted by Nina Hundt on Mon, 15/07/2024 19:08
Distribution and status

The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data held by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). See terms and conditions.

The following datasets are included:

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records

Open an NBN Atlas interactive map of this data in a new window.

 

References and links

Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 1037415):

Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)

The UK NBN Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Taxon version key
[NHMSYS0021185563]
Sort order
5970
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
  • Read more about Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)

Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Submitted by Nina Hundt on Mon, 15/07/2024 17:40
Distribution and status

The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data held by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). See terms and conditions.

The following datasets are included:

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records

Open an NBN Atlas interactive map of this data in a new window.

 

References and links

Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 140838):

Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

The UK NBN Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Taxon version key
[NHMSYS0021316697]
Sort order
5570
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
  • Read more about Polycera quadrilineata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Coryphella browni (Picton, 1980)

Submitted by Nina Hundt on Mon, 15/07/2024 17:35
Distribution and status

The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data held by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). See terms and conditions.

The following datasets are included:

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records

Open an NBN Atlas interactive map of this data in a new window.

 

References and links

Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 139980):

Coryphella browni (Picton, 1980)

The UK NBN Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000174719]
Sort order
5830
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
  • Read more about Coryphella browni (Picton, 1980)

Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)

Submitted by Nina Hundt on Mon, 15/07/2024 17:29
Distribution and status

The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data held by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). See terms and conditions.

The following datasets are included:

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records

Open an NBN Atlas interactive map of this data in a new window.

 

References and links

Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 139981):

Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)

The UK NBN Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000174720]
Sort order
5840
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
  • Read more about Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)

Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)

Submitted by Nina Hundt on Mon, 15/07/2024 17:25
Distribution and status

The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data held by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). See terms and conditions.

The following datasets are included:

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records

Open an NBN Atlas interactive map of this data in a new window.

 

References and links

Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 139982):

Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)

The UK NBN Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000174721]
Sort order
5850
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
  • Read more about Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)

Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)

Submitted by Nina Hundt on Mon, 15/07/2024 17:20
Distribution and status

The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data held by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN). See terms and conditions.

The following datasets are included:

  • Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records

Open an NBN Atlas interactive map of this data in a new window.

 

References and links

Taxon details available from MolluscaBase (AphiaID 986936):

Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)

The UK NBN Atlas entry for the species can be accessed via this link.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Taxon version key
[NHMSYS0021241196]
Sort order
5950
Taxonomic group
Marine slug
  • Read more about Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)

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