Lepidochitona cinerea. Blue and brown variety. Typical banded girdle. 16-19 gills either side of foot, almost holobranch (= extend whole length of foot). Menai Strait, midshore. February 2011

Species

Lepidochitona cinerea

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I.F. Smith

underside of gastropod Velutina velutina associated with Modiolus modiolus at Strollamus on Saturday 19 September 2009

Species

Velutina velutina

Photographer / copyright holder

Ron Boyce

gastropod Velutina velutina associated with Modiolus modiolus at Strollamus, Isle of Skye on Saturday 19 September 2009

Species

Velutina velutina

Photographer / copyright holder

Ron Boyce

Raphitoma purpurea in vitro from Parknahallagh Co. Clare Friday 28 September 2007

Species

Raphitoma purpurea

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Ron Boyce

Raphitoma purpurea in vitro from Parknahallagh Co. Clare Friday 28 September 2007

Species

Raphitoma purpurea

Photographer / copyright holder

Ron Boyce

Cerastoderma edule. Right valves of extremely large Orkney specimen, 75.0mm long, and marketable Cheshire specimen, 23.9mm long. Small specimen raised above plane of larger shell’s outline to put in focus, so its apparent size relatively increased.

Species

Cerastoderma edule

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Left valve of extremely large live-taken C. edule specimen; 75.0mm long, intervalve-width 49.6mm, shell mass 68g. Ribs broad with wave-shape scale-spines. Narrow groove between ribs. Early growth lines eroded, later ones crowded, >10 yrs? Orkney.

Species

Cerastoderma edule

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I.F. Smith

Cerastoderma edule. Right valve of very large live-taken specimen; 68.3mm long, intervalve-width 49.4mm, shell mass 67g. Brown periostracum retained between close scale-spines and ribs on recent stages. Earlier sculpture eroded. Orkney

Species

Cerastoderma edule

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Cerastoderma edule. Anterior and posterior of very large live-taken specimen; 68.3mm long, intervalve-width 49.4mm, shell mass 67g. Brown periostracum retained between close scale-spines and ribs on recent stages. Earlier sculpture eroded. Orkney

Species

Cerastoderma edule

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Cerastoderma edule. Shell length 23.9mm. Anterior and posterior ends. External ligament on posterior. 6 or 7 annual growth lines visible on anterior, others may be crowded and indistinct. Dee Estuary, Chesh. Oct. 2011.

Species

Cerastoderma edule

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

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