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Rhomboidella prideaux

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Key identification features
  • Ribs are continuous over the shell surface
  • Decussate effect? on shell surface caused by more than 60 radiating ribs and 11-15 concentric ridges
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000186597]
Sort order
9430
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Rhomboidella prideaux

Fragile, plump, shell up to 3mm in length. It is white in colour both inside and out but the inside is pearly. The periositracum is pale green. The surface of the shell is sculptured with ribs and ridges.

Pteria hirundo

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

RareDistributed from Britain south to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.

Ecology and behaviour

Lives attached by byssus threads on muddy to gravelly bottoms.

Key identification features
  • Shell with two 'ears'
  • One adductor muscle scar
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000186360]
Sort order
9440
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Pteria hirundo

Brittle shell up to about 8cm in length. Grey brown or pale brown in colour with darker radiating rays. The inside of the shell is pearly. The surface is sculptured with concentric scales which may be worn away to lines.

Propilidium exiguum

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

Not common

From Norway south to the Azores and Mediterranean but absent from the English Channel and most of the North Sea.

Ecology and behaviour

Lives on hard stoney bottoms probably feeding on detritus.

Similar species
  • Iothia fulva has apex very close to anterior edge of shell
  • Lepeta caeca does not have tilted apex or internal septum
Key identification features
  • Backwardly tilted apex
  • Small internal septum
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000186101]
Sort order
1030
Taxonomic group
Marine snail
  • Read more about Propilidium exiguum

Conical shell up to 4mm in length. Tends to be relatively tall compared with similar species (up to 2.5mm in height). The outside is white or grey-brown in colour and the inside white and shiney. Surface sculptured with fine radial and concentric ridges. The animal does not possess eyes.

Poromya granulata

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

RareDistributed from the north of Norway to the Mediterranean.

Ecology and behaviour

Burrows into mud. The species is carnivorous and feeds by sucking in food with an adapted muscular gill. It probably feeds mainly on dead crustaceans.

Key identification features
  • Left valve has a single lateral tooth in front of the chondophore
  • Right valve has a single cardinal tooth in front of the chrondophore
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000185984]
Sort order
11470
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Poromya granulata

Brittle shell up to 1.5cm in length. The shell is coloured dirty white or cream obscured by brown periostracum. The inside of the the shell is white. The surface of the shell is sculptured with concentric lines.

Plagiocardium papillosum

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

RareA southern species, extending from the south side of the English Channel along Atlantic coasts to Angola, also Mediterranean.

Ecology and behaviour

Living in sand and shell gravel, 4-200m.

Key identification features
  • Ribs have fairly wide-set globular tubercles (not spines)
  • The grooves between the ribs have slits or notches
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000185717]
Sort order
10320
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Plagiocardium papillosum

Up to 15mm long, 14mm high, 10mm wide, solid, plump, almost equilateral. 22-27 radial ribs, flattened with narrow pitted grooves between.

Panomya arctica

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Ecology and behaviour

Burrows in mud, muddy sand and gravel.

Key identification features
  • Pallial sinus is a series of separate muscle scars
  • Posterior muscle scar is longer and thinner than anterior
  • ?concentric ridges?
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000185106]
Sort order
11180
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Panomya arctica

Solid shell up to 8cm in length. The outside of the shell is white tinged with grey. The insde is also white but glossy and can be brown in the centre. The shell gapes to the posterior end.

Musculus laevigatus

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000184390]
Sort order
9410
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Musculus laevigatus

Limea sarsii

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

RareDisributed from northern Norway to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.

Key identification features
  • The hinge line of the shell is serrated
  • The shell surface has distinctive crenulated ridges
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000183596]
Sort order
9520
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Limea sarsii

Thin shell up to 3mm in length. The shell is translucent but obscured by cream coloured periostracum. The surface of the shell is sculptured with radiating ribs crossed by crenulated concentric ridges.

Lepeta caeca

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

Rare

North of Norway down to the northern parts of the North Sea.

Ecology and behaviour

Feeds on detritus picked up from the rock surface.

Similar species
  • Iothia fulva has tilted apex very close to anterior margin
  • Propilidium exiguum has tilted apex
Key identification features
  • Apex not tilted
  • Absence of internal septum
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000183358]
Sort order
1010
Taxonomic group
Marine snail
  • Read more about Lepeta caeca

Conical shell up to 10mm in length (4mm in height). The shell is yellow-grey in colour. The surface sculptured with fine radiating ridges and concentric lines. The animal does not possess eyes.

Isomonia alberti

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Sat, 05/12/2009 22:15
Distribution and status

Widely distributedDistributed from Norway south to the Bay of Biscay.

Ecology and behaviour

Lives on bottoms of coarse sand and gravel attached to rocks or other shells.

Key identification features
  • Two muscle distinct scars on the upper valve.
  • The muscle scars are not furrowed
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000183087]
Sort order
9750
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Isomonia alberti

Fragile shell up to 1.5cm in length.The outside is white in colour tinged with pink. The inisde is white and glossy. The surface is sculptured with irregular concentric rings.

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