Lamellaria perspicua

Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758)

synonyms

<em>Lamellaria tentaculata</em> (Montagu 1811)

Lamellaria perspicua. Length 18 mm. Specimen like L. latens with markings resembling pores and exhalent openings of compound ascidians. Distinguished by its larger size, higher dome profile and tuberculated mantle. LWS. Menai Strait, March 2011.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Length 21 mm. Specimen with very few tubercles or markings over the translucent lilac grey mantle. Internal translucent shell visible, coloured peach by the viscera below it, with the spire lower left. LWS. Menai Strait, March 2011.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Length = 10mm. Collected from Gorah Rocks, Devon on 02/04/2000.

Lamellaria perspicua

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Length = 10mm. Collected from Gorah Rocks, Devon on 02/04/2000.

Lamellaria perspicua

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

Steve Wilkinson

Length = 10mm. Collected from Gorah Rocks, Devon on 02/04/2000.

Lamellaria perspicua. Shell height 10mm (longest dimension), width 7mm from animal 20 mm long. Short spire projects beyond lip of aperture when seen from above or below. Though encased in the body, spire of this specimen was damaged and repaired in life.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Head showing absence of snout, and slit across anterior of sole of foot. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Translucent sole with transverse groove at anterior. Posterior of foot extends beyond mantle when moving. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Anterior view of foot, no snout on head and partially unrolled siphon. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Anterior view into siphon. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Species

Lamellaria perspicua

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

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