Message from the new president
Welcome to the Conchological Society website.
Field meeting at Sandwich Bay, Kent 5-6 June 2004
Issue
8
Page
3
Editorial
Issue
8
Page
2
I’m pleased to see so many field meeting reports in this issue of Mollusc World.
Dorsal view of Lepidochitona cinerea
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Dorsal view of a pale specimen of Lepidochitona cinerea. Actual length 10mm. Collected North Devon just outside Ilfracombe.
Image of girdle and valve valve sculpture in Acanthochitona fascicularis
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Close up of girdle and valve sculpture. Note the rounded shape of the granulations on the valves.
Image of girdle and valve valve sculpture in Acanthochitona crinita
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Close up of girdle and valve sculpture. Note the elongated shape of the granulations on the valves
Dorsal view of Acanthochitona crinita
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Photograph taken 27th September 2007 on wst coast of Ireland
Dorsal view of Acanthochitona fascicularis
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Photographed 26th September 2007 on the west coast of Ireland
Snail Thoughts
Issue
9
Page
28
Who knows what a snail thinks
as it sits immobile for countless hours.
Is it contemplating its umbillicus
like the Hindus and their navels?