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Limapontia senestra. Length 1.5mm (top left): rhinophores starting to grow. Length 3mm: pale digitiform rhinophores over halfway developed, low anterior rib. Specimen with much white pigment on anterior. Sept. 2012. N. coast, Anglesey.

Species

Limapontia senestra

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I.F. Smith

Limapontia senestra. 3.5mm when extended (dorsal view). Pale quincunx (5 dots as on dice) on dorsum. Pale digitiform rhinophores and eye patches. Head and rhinophores contracted in lateral image. Sept. 2012. N. coast, Anglesey.

Species

Limapontia senestra

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Limapontia senestra. 2.5mm. Orange ovotestis visible, so mature? Digitiform rhinophores over halfway developed, no anterior vane. Periphery of foot translucent white with opaque white marks. September 2012. MHWS pool, N. coast, Anglesey.

Species

Limapontia senestra

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Doris cf. ocelligera. Penzance, Cornwall. Regional variant / other species? 1: Nine unipinnate gills. 2: Guard-tubercles at base of gills and rhinophores. 3: Concolorous rhinophores. 4:Narrow based tubercles. Mediterranean D.ocelligera have 1&2, not 3&4.

Species

Doris ocelligera

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D.Fenwick http://www.aphotomarine.com/

Doris cf. ocelligera. L.12.5mm. Penzance, Cornwall. Regional variant or other species? Differences from Mediterranean D. ocelligera: Tubercles rounded, swollen with narrow base. Rhinophores concolorous with pale translucent mantle. April 2012.

Species

Doris ocelligera

Photographer / copyright holder

D.Fenwick http://www.aphotomarine.com/

Recording, collections and protected species.

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Bas Payne

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People who record molluscs or have shell collections are sometimes worried about the risk that they may unintentionally break the law - and the laws are getting more complicated.

The Kerry Slug, Geomalacus maculosus: National Survey in Ireland.

Authors

Rory McDonnell

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The aim of this survey is to accrue modern records for th

BOOK REVIEW: Snail

Reference

“Snail” by Peter Williams.

Reaktion Books, 2009 ISBN 978-1-86189-528-8 167pp, paperback. £9.99

Review source

Mollusc World Issue 23, page 28.

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There are many books which provide an introduction to molluscs,

BOOK REVIEW: Shells

Reference

“Shells” by A.J. Dezallier d’Argenville.

Taschen 2009 ISBN978-3-8365-1111-7 216pp A4 Hardback. £24.99

Review source

Mollusc World Issue 23, page 27.

Ormers and scallops: a Fishy Tale from Alderney

Authors

John Glasgow

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