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      • Collecting localities in the Cape Province
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Limapontia capitata. Length 5mm. Well developed rhinophoral crests. On Cladophora. Cornwall, England. March 2013.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Thu, 04/04/2013 13:28
Species
Limapontia capitata
Photographer / copyright holder
D.Fenwick http://www.aphotomarine.com/

Saturday 13 July 2013: Ponds in the Docklow area, Herefordshire

Type
Field meeting

Two sites with ponds of different ages and a wetland, all on private land,  will be visited. 

Organiser

Rosemary Hill (0118 966 5160, rosemaryhi@lineone.net )

Organisation
Conchological Society

Saturday 10 August 2013: Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall

Type
Field meeting
Good marine rock locality.

 

Organiser

Dave Fenwick (davidfenwicksnr@googlemail.com, 01736 448392) and Bas Payne (bas.payne@gmail.com, 01647 24515)

Sunday 23 June 2013: East Wittering, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex

Type
Field meeting
Organiser

June Chatfield (01420 82214 - home)

Organisation
Conchological Society

Saturday 8 June 2013: Codford, Wilts.

Type
Field meeting

The President invites you to a Conchological day - visit him and his lab on Saturday 8 June at 11:30.

Organiser

Mike Allen (aea.escargots@gmail.com, 01985 850 713, 07828 103 454)

Saturday 18 May 2013: Slugs and snails in Little Matlock Wood, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Type
Field meeting

*** Please note changes in the parking facilities.

Organiser

Robert Cameron (e-mail radc@blueyonder.co.uk)

Organisation
Conchological Society

Lacuna vincta. Typically four spiral bands on final whorl, but often merge into fewer broader bands, as on largest specimen in image. Two rings of L. vincta spawn. (Rissoa parva top right). Sublittoral, -5m, Loch Carron, Scotland.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Tue, 05/03/2013 09:58
Species
Lacuna vincta
Photographer / copyright holder
George Brown

Lacuna vincta consuming stipe of Laminaria. Very common in N. Britain, often destroying large amounts of algae. Typically four spiral bands on final whorl, but often merge into fewer broader bands. Sublittoral, -5m, Loch Carron, Scotland.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Tue, 05/03/2013 09:57
Species
Lacuna vincta
Photographer / copyright holder
George Brown

Lacuna vincta. Distinctive rings of spawn may be yellow, pink or green. Sublittoral, -5m, Loch Carron, Scotland.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Tue, 05/03/2013 09:55
Species
Lacuna vincta
Photographer / copyright holder
George Brown

Geitodoris planata. Length 30mm. Pale vaguely stellate areas, each radiating from large pale papilla. Small partially tripinnate gills are pale fawn marked with brown . LWS, Menai Strait, Wales. February 2013.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Mon, 04/03/2013 09:40
Species
Geitodoris planata
Photographer / copyright holder
I.F. Smith http://tinyurl.com/IFSFlickr

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