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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.

Irus irus

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

Common

Recorded from the south and west of the British Isles and south to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Ecology and behaviour

Lives in holes in limestone (often previously occupied by other species) or in crevices in Laminaria holdfasts. Feeds by filtering phytoplankton from the water.

Similar species
  • Hiatella arctica [?]
Key identification features
  • No lateral teeth and three cardinal teeth in right valve [check image?]
  • Raised frill like concentric sculpture on the valve surface
  • Pallial sinus triangular and short
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000183059]
Sort order
11020
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Irus irus

Brittle shell up to about 2.5cm in length. Dirty white or fawn in colour. Inside white or cream often with purple stain. The degree of distortion and sculpture of the shell depends on how tightly the specimen was wedged in the cavity in grew in. The frill like concentric ridges can be very prominent.

Gastrana fragilis

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

RareNorwegian Sea and Baltic to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Ecology and behaviour

Burrows in sand

Key identification features
  • Lower margin of pallial sinus not entirely confluent with pallial line
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000182198]
Sort order
10710
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Gastrana fragilis

Brittle shell up to about 5 cm in length. Dirty white in colour. Shell surface is rough sculptured with irregular concentric ridges and fine radiating lines. Cruciform muscle scars sometimes clear. Deep pallial sinus which is partially confluent with the pallial line.

Galeomma turtoni

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

Known to live either attached by byssus threads or in a free state.

Key identification features
  • The hinge does not possess teeth
  • The surface is sculptured with radiating ribs and concentric lines giving it a rough appearance
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000182177]
Sort order
9930
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
  • Read more about Galeomma turtoni

Brittle shell up to 1.5cm in length. The inside of the shell is white and the outside is white or light brown. The surface of the shell is sculptured with radiating ribs and concentric lines. The margin of the shell is crenulated.

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