Pulmonates on Port St Mary ledges Authors Steve Wilkinson Issue 13 Page 5 Last summer the family and I were visiting the Isle of Man to attend a reunion to mark the end of 114 years of marine science at the Port Erin laboratory.
Ammonites and the mating game Authors Phil’ Palmer Issue 13 Page 2 “It is a remarkable fact that all ammonites with lappets (but
Philine punctata. Length 5mm. Mantle summit eroded (e), exposing the shell. In debris and encrusting organisms scraped from sides of large (approx.1m cube) rock standing on silty sand. LWS Menai Strait, Wales. August 2010. Species Philine punctata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Philine punctata. Shell height 1.8mm, from 5mm long animal. Abraded in area where covering mantle eroded in life. In debris and encrusting organisms scraped from sides of large (approx.1m cube) rock standing on silty sand. LWS Menai Strait. August 2010 Species Philine punctata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith Shell height 1.8mm, from 5mm long animal. Abraded in area where covering mantle eroded in life.
Dorsal view of Philine punctata. Length 4mm. On gravel under a rock. Low water spring tide, Scapa Flow, Orkney. May 1975. This specimen described in Thompson,1976, as having 12 transverse rows of radula teeth. Species Philine punctata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Philine punctata, venter. L. 4mm. Translucent mantle sleeve projects beyond posterior of foot, reveals white enclosed shell. Mouth and edge of head visible at anterior. Menai Strait, Wales. April 2010 Species Philine punctata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith On 10cm long stone covered with encrusting organisms on rocky shore exposed to strong currents,
Posterior-ventral view of Philine punctata. Length 4mm. Open sleeve reveals white shell covered in thin transparent membrane. On 10cm long stone covered with encrusting organisms on rocky shore exposed to strong currents, LWS, Menai Strait. April 2011 Species Philine punctata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith