The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland | Helping to understand, identify, record, and conserve molluscs

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.

Species

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.

Species

Photographer / copyright holder

George Brown

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

Species

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.

Species

Geitodoris planata

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith http://tinyurl.com/IFSFlickr

Geitodoris planata. Anterior of foot rounded and bilaminate; upper lamina cut centrally and extends forward of lower layer. Well developed linear oral tentacles. Mouth protruded, otherwise head small and indistinct. LWS, Menai Strait, Wales. Feb. 2013.

Species

Geitodoris planata

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith http://tinyurl.com/IFSFlickr