Species Gallery (Mollusca)
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Abra alba.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
A group of Abra alba.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Abra nitida.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Abra nitida.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
The bivalve Abra prismatica.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
The spiny cockle Acanthocardia aculeata on mixed sediment.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Museum specimens of the spiny cockle.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
Acanthochitona crinita in a rock pool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Macro image of Acanthochitona crinita.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Acanthodoris pilosa.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Acanthodoris pilosa in laboratory.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Acanthodoris pilosa in the Scilly Isles.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Acanthodoris pilosa on substratum.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Close up view of Acanthodoris pilosa.
Copyright: Robert Keen
The sea slug Acanthodoris pilosa.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Acteon tornatilis shell, approximately 1.5 cm.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Acteon tornatilis and burrow on Aberavon beach.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Acteon tornatilis on Aberavon beach.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The sea slug Adalaria proxima.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Aeolidia papillosa.
Copyright: Anne Marie Power
A macro image of Aeolidia papillosa at Wembury pools
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Detail of head and rhinophores of Aeolidia papillosa.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Spawn of Aeolidia papillosa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The grey sea slug Aeolidia papillosa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Aeolidiella alderi
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Aeolidiella sanguinea.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Aequipecten opercularis on mixed substrata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Aequipecten opercularis showing mantle and eyes.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A resting queen scallop.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
A resting queen scallop.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Line drawing of Alloteuthis media.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Alloteuthis subulata.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Alloteuthis subulata egg mass.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Alloteuthis subulata eggs in a laboratory tank.
Copyright: John Rundle
Adult Alloteuthis subulata in a laboratory tank.
Copyright: John Rundle
Front view of Alloteuthis subulata.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Juvenile Alloteuthis subulata in a laboratory tank.
Copyright: John Rundle
Line drawing of Alloteuthis subulata.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Side view of Alloteuthis subulata.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
A white colour morph of Eubranchia farrani.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Eubranchus farrani pale orange/pink colour morph with Obelia sp. on kelp frond.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Eubranchus farrani against a black background.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Eubranchus farrani orange and white colour morph on sugar kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Eubranchus farrani orange and white colour morph.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A pair of Eubranchus farrani with hydroid and bryozoan on Ulva lactuca.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Orange and white colour morph of Eubranchus farrani on Obelia sp. attached to kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Spawn of Eubranchus farrani.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The nudibranch Ancula gibbosa, with dorsal gills.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
Anterior view of Ancula gibbosa, with dorsal gill tuft.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
Dorsal surface of Ancula gibbosa, with anterior rhinophores visible on the left.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
Intertidal saddle oyster
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Interior of saddle oyster shell halves
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
The saddle oyster Anomia ephippium, showing the mantle edge of the left valve.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
The saddle oyster Anomia ephippium, showing the mantle edge of the left valve.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
Upper shell of saddle oyster found at low tide.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Antiopella cristata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Antiopella cristata on a pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A feeding Antiopella cristata sea slug.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close up of Antiopella cristata coruncle.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Aplysia punctata rearing up from the seabed.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Aplysia punctata (left hand side) with Actinothoe sphyrodeta.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Aplysia punctata eggs in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Aplysia punctata eggs on Dilsea carnosa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Aplysia punctata in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Aplysia punctata in a rockpool at Batten Bay, Plymouth.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Aplysia punctata on sandy gravel in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Aplysia punctata showing eye.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Aplysia punctata under a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Aplysia punctata with string of pink eggs.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A mating chain of Aplysia punctata in 14°C water.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Egg mass from Aplysia punctata in 14°C water.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The sea hare Aplysia punctata on leaves of Zostera marina.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Aporrhais pespelecani.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Aporrhais pespelecani on a green background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Aporrhais pespelecani shell lying on some sand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A pair of Aporrhais pespelecani
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Arctica islandica on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
The sea slug Armina loveni.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Astarte montagui.
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Astarte sulcata.
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Astarte sulcata on a green background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Adult Atrina fragilis embedded in sea bed.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Atrina fragilis in muddy gravel, Ireland.
Copyright: Erling Svensen
Atrina fragilis in soft mud in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Atrina fragilis on the seabed.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Atrina fragilis removed from soft mud in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Side view of Atrina fragilis in the seabed.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Side view of Atrina fragilis on log showing scale.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Barnea candida in situ.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Barnea candida valve.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Apical view of Barnea candida protoplax.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Barnea candida valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Line drawing of Bathypolypus arcticus.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Berthella plumula on Spirorbis covered rock.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Berthella plumula.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
An active sea slug, Berthella plumula.
Copyright: Holly Latham
Apertural view of Bittium reticulatum.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Buccinum undatum
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Buccinum undatum crawling on the seabed highlighting shape of foot, tentacles and siphon. Note also the Crepidula fornicata on the shell.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Buccinum undatum egg mass.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Buccinum undatum shell against a blue background.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Group of Buccinum undatum illustrating shape of foot, siphon and operculum.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
The whelk Buccinum undatum laying eggs, late December 2002.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Three spawning Buccinum undatum with Sea Loch anemones
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Two Buccinum undatum individuals in what appears to be a mating position.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Cadlina laevis with encrusting red algae at Doune, Scotland.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Cadlina laevis in the Scilly Isles.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Six specimens of Caecum armoricum.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
Front half of adult Caecum armoricum.
Copyright: Nigel Charles
Post larval juvenile of Caecum armoricum. Whole animal and shell, showing protoconch and operculum.
Copyright: Nigel Charles
Two specimens of Caecum armoricum. The smaller specimen has laid down a new septum preparatory to breaking off the empty part of the shell.
Copyright: Nigel Charles
Painted top shell
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Calliostoma zizyphinum in Lyme Bay, Devon.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Calliostoma zizyphinum on a rock amongst barnacles and limpets.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Calliostoma zizyphinum with Corynactis viridis on the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Calliostoma zizyphinum.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Lone Calliostoma zizyphinum at Firestone.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lone Calliostoma zizyphinum at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Painted top shell.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
External view of Callista chione valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Callista chione valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Side profile of Callista chione.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Caloria elegans from a rocky reef area, Co Antrim.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Chinamans hat snail attached to intertidal vegetation
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Aperture of Chinamans hat shell, found on beach
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Spire of Chinamans hat shell, found on beach
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Flabellina pellucida.
Copyright: Sue Scott
The common cockle Cerastoderma edule on mud surface.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cerastoderma edule on a black background.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Shell of Cerastoderma edule opened to display hinge.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Three Cerastoderma glaucum with siphons extended.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
An intertidal feeding Cerithiopsis tubercularis
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
An intertidal feeding Cerithiopsis tubercularis
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
External view of Chamelea gallina valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Chamelea gallina on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Internal view of Chamelea gallina valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
External view of Clausinella fasciata valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Clausinella fasciata valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Side profile of Clausinella fasciata.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Apertural view of Colus islandicus.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Crepidula fornicata at Oreston Spit.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Crepidula fornicata growing on the shell of an edible crab illustrating diversity of substrata on which it can grow.
Copyright: Peter Watkinson
Chain of slipper limpets on the lower shore.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Individual Crepidula fornicata on pebble intertidally
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Single Crepidula fornicata on rock overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Dendronotus frondosus on kelp at Bach Island, Firth of Lorne on the west coast of Scotland.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Dendronotus frondosus from the north coast of Bernera Island, Lismore on the west coast of Scotland.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Diaphorodoris luteocincta at 36 metres on the wreck of the King Cadwallan, Hard Lewis Rocks, Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Pair of Diaphorodoris luteocincta.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Common keyhole limpet Diodora graeca.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Diodora graeca feeding on a sponge on the side of a rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Assorted colours and shapes of banded wedge shells
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Inside of shell half of the banded wedge shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Open empty shell of Donax vittatus.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Shell half of the banded wedge shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Shell half of the banded wedge shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Yellow eggs of Archidoris pseudoargus.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Archidoris pseudoargus
Copyright: Paul Newland
Archidoris pseudoargus eggs in a laboratory tank.
Copyright: John Rundle
Archidoris pseudoargus feeding on breadcrumb sponge.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
A pale Archidoris pseudoargus at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
An orange Archidoris pseudoargus specimen.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up view of Archidoris pseudoargus eggs in a laboratory tank.
Copyright: John Rundle
Lemon-peel like eggs of Archidoris pseudoargus.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Mating sea lemons.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The egg ribbon of the sea lemon Archidoris pseudoargus.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
The sea lemon Archidoris pseudoargus in rockpool.
Copyright: Anne Marie Power
The sea lemon Archidoris pseudoargus.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Doris sticta.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Doris sticta on the sea floor
Copyright: Sue Daly
External view of Dosinia exoleta valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Dosinia exoleta valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The smooth Artemis Dosinia lupinus on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Doto fragilis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Duvaucelia odhneri and eggs on the sea fan Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Duvaucelia odhneri on Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Duvaucelia odhneri on a sea fan.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Close up view of Duvaucelia odhneri on a sea fan.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Sea slug Duvaucelia odhneri on sea fan Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The sea slug Duvaucelia odhneri with its eggs.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Eledone cirrhosa
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Eledone cirrhosa against the glass of a laboratory tank.
Copyright: John Rundle
Eledone cirrhosa juvenile.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Eledone cirrhosa scrambling up a rock in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Eledone cirrhosa, curled octopus.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Line drawing of Eledone cirrhosa.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Mottled Eledone cirrhosa near the seabed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Newly born Eledone cirrhosa.
Copyright: John Rundle
Elysia viridis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Elysia viridis crawling in a rockpool; note the characteristic bright green-blue spots.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Elysia viridis with egg ribbon on Codium spp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Elysia viridis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Two Elysia viridis in a rockpool.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
The slit limpet Emarginula fissura.
Copyright: Bryan Wasson
Ensis ensis, the razor shell.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ensis siliqua shell on a dark background.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The razor shell Ensis siliqua showing almost straight sided valves.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The razor shell Ensis siliqua.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The siphons of a razor shell.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Apertural view of Epitonium clathrus.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Adapertural (back) view of Euspira catena.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
A live necklace shell on the beach, with foot spread across substratum.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Apertural view of Euspira catena.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Egg collar of the necklace shell Euspira catena. Another species (probably the thick-lipped whelk) has attached its own eggs to the underside of the collar.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Fabulina fabula.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Fabulina fabula on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Facelina auriculata on Ulva lactuca.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Facelina auriculata at Mayflower Marina.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Facelina auriculata on Laminaria.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Facelina auriculata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A Facelina auriculata with long oral tentacles.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Closer view of Facelina auriculata on Ulva lactuca.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Spawn of Facelina auriculata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Facelina bostoniensis .
Copyright: Sue Scott
Facelina bostoniensis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Fjordia browni
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Fjordia browni on hydroids
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Fjordia lineata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Fjordia lineata and egg masses on erect hydroids
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Geitodoris planata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Geitodoris planata at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
The Turban Top Shell Gibbula magus
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Apertural view of Gibbula magus
Copyright: Michael Puleston
Shell of the dog cockle Glycymeris glycymeris.
Copyright: Jo Trout
Both valves of the dog cockle Glycymeris glycymeris.
Copyright: Jo Trout
Multiple Glycymeris glycymeris shells on the seabed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Goniodoris nodosa, found attached to sugar kelp on a pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Outer view of Haliotis tuberculata.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Haliotis tuberculata
Copyright: Sue Daly
Haliotis tuberculata in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
An empty Haliotis tuberculata shell in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Inner view of Haliotis tuberculata.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Underside of Haliotis tuberculata shell.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Hero formosa on sediment.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Hiatella arctica.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hiatella arctica in burrow.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Line drawing of Illex coindetii.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Two specimens of Jorunna tomentosa beneath rock overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Jorunna tomentosa on Ulva lactuca.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Jorunna tomentosa, on Ulva lactuca on a marine pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Spawn of Jorunna tomentosa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Apertural view of Jujubinus striatus.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The banded chink snail Lacuna vincta on kelp.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
External view of Lasaea adansoni valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Top view of Leptochiton scabridus.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Limaria hians.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Limaria hians and nest.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Limaria hians hidden within a nest.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of the tentacles of Limaria hians.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Littorina littorea in a rock crevice.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Littorina littorea showing its withdrawn operculum.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Edible periwinkle Littorina littorea on sheltered vertical rock at Millport, Firth of Clyde.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lone Littorina littorea viewed from above.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Three Littorina littorea on intertidal rock with limpets, barnacles and weed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Three Littorina littorea on rock under water at high tide.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Littorina obtusata.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Littorina obtusata on Fucus sp.
Copyright: Dr Charlotte Marshall
Littorina obtusata.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Collection of Littorina obtusata shells.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Eggs of Littorina obtusata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Young Littorina obtusata with a distinctly banded shell.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Littorina saxatilis, rough periwinkles amongst barnacles, Semibalanus balanoides.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Littorina saxatilis individuals in the gap between two rocks.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Lone Littorina saxatilis individual on a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Lone upturned Littorina saxatilis individual on a boulder
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Loligo forbesi.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Line drawing of Loligo forbesi.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Line drawing of Loligo vulgaris.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Eggs of Loligo vulgaris in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Eggs of the common squid washed up on the shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Macoma balthica.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
External view of Macomangulus tenuis valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Macomangulus tenuis valves.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Magallana gigas at Batten Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Guy Baker
Magallana gigas (with diver)
Copyright: Paul Newland
Magallana gigas at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Magallana gigas at Jennycliff Bay.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Magallana gigas growing on the side of a marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Magallana gigas on a dark, barnacle covered rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Magallana gigas on open rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Magallana gigas, Kingsand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The pearl top shell Margarites helicinus.
Copyright: Erling Svensen
Margarites helicinus with eggs.
Copyright: Erling Svensen
Melarhaphe neritoides in high shore crevice.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
External view of Mercenaria mercenaria valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Mercenaria mercenaria valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Side view of Mercenaria mercenaria lunule.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The slender sea slug Microchlamylla gracilis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The bearded horse mussel on a rocky intertidal shore
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Horse mussel bed with hydroids and red seaweed, Linga Sound, Shetland.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Clump of horse mussels Modiolus modiolus on bedrock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Group of horse mussels in sediment.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Musculus discors living in bryozoan turf collected from dead Eunicella verrucosa.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A selection of adult Mya arenaria.
Copyright: Dr Matthias Strasser
A selection of juvenile Mya arenaria about 2-5 mm in length.
Copyright: Dr Matthias Strasser
Characteristic siphon holes of Mya arenaria.
Copyright: Dr Matthias Strasser
Specimen of Mya truncata.
Copyright: Tim Siferd
Siphons of Mya truncata visible on sediment surface at 19m off Qikiqtarjuag, Canada.
Copyright: Tim Siferd
Myrtea spinifera.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Clump of mussels.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mytilus edulis covered in barnacles - close up.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mytilus edulis covered in barnacles.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mytilus edulis, on a buoy line, feeding.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Dense clump of mussels with barnacles on individuals.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Dense covering of mussels on intertidal rocks.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Dense growth of young mussels with barnacles and two dog whelks.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Mussel shells displayed on gravel.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Neptunea antiqua.
Copyright: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Group of Nucella lapillus and eggs on an overhang (the photograph is upside-down to aid identification).
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Nucella lapillus with black and white stripes.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Nucella lapillus with egg capsules.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Nucella lapilus on a rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Nucella lapilus under an overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Bright orange Nucella lapilus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Brown and white striped Nucella lapillus on barnacles
Copyright: Becky Seeley
Brown and white striped juvenile Nucella lapilus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up view of Nucella lapilus and their eggs.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Dogwhelk on rock. Photo taken underwater.
Copyright: Sue Daly
The dog whelk Nucella lapillus, highlighting colour variation.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Nucula nitidosa
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Nucula nitidosa on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Nucula sulcata.
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Live oyster drill
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Ocenebra erinacea with egg capsules.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Aperture and ventral side of oyster drill shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Egg sacs containing eggs of oyster drills
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Live oyster drill
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Right side of oyster drill shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Two oyster drills with cluster of egg sacs
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Underside of Ocenebra erinacea.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Octopus vulgaris.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Okenia elegans
Copyright: Paul Naylor
A front view of the yellow skirt slug
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The celtic sea slug Onchidella celtica.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Onchidella celtica
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Onchidella celtica besides a limpet and barnacles.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
A pair of mating Onchidella celtica.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Anterior view of a Celtic sea slug Onchidella celtica on Mytilus edulis
Copyright: Becky Seeley
Onchidoris bilamellata.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Onchidoris bilamellata in fucoid zone.
Copyright: Jenni Kakkonen
Onchidoris bilamellata on muddy silt substratum.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Onchidoris bilamellata spawn.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
A group of Onchidoris bilamellata.
Copyright: Paul Newland
An Onchidoris bilamellata aggregation.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
An Onchidoris bilamellata aggregation.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Onchidoris muricata.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
Dorsal view of Onchidoris muricata.
Copyright: Jim Anderson
A view of the upper (right) side of a native oyster attached to pebbles.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Native oyster Ostrea edulis exposed by the tide at Oreston Spit, Plym Estuary.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Native oyster Ostrea edulis in shallow water at Durgon, Itelford River, Cornwall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Otina ovata on a rock covered by the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Three live shells and one empty one of Paludinella globularis.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
One animal crawling. Eyes showing in centre of lobed tentacles.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
The limpet Patella depressa.
Copyright: MarClim
Patella depressa with a greenish tint.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Patella pellucida on kelp blade.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Patella pellucida in Doune.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Patella pellucida on Laminaria ochroleuca.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Patella pellucida on a blade of kelp.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Patella pellucida on kelp showing its grazing trails.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Patella pellucida on some damaged kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Patella pellucida on some kelp.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Four Patella pellucida on kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Shell of the china limpet on rocky shore
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Barnacle-covered shell of the china limpet on rocky shore
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Foot and underside of Patella ulyssiponensis.
Copyright: MarClim
Inside of china limpet shell showing foot and mouth
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Inside of china limpet shell with animal removed
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Patella vulgata on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Patella vulgata showing its muscular foot while being grasped by a dog whelk.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A gathering of Patella vulgata.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Four Patella vulgata individuals.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Patella vulgata on the move; showing the muscular foot and fringing pallial tentacles
Copyright: Paul Newland
Great scallop, Pecten maximus, and maerl.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Pecten maximus in Doune.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Pecten maximus in front of eelgrass
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
Pecten maximus shells.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pecten maximus shells.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pecten maximus swimming.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of the Great Scallop Pecten maximus showing the mantle.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Great scallop ( Pecten maximus) on a gravel bank at the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen
The great scallop in sediment.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
External view of Petricolaria pholadiformis valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Petricolaria pholadiformis in situ.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Petricolaria pholadiformis valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
External view of Phaxas pellucidus valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Phaxas pellucidus lying on top of a sandy shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Phaxas pellucidus on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Phaxas pellucidus protruding from its burrow.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Phaxas pellucidus.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Tip of Phaxas pellucidus showing out of its burrow.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Philine aperta on sediment surface.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Group of Philine aperta on the sediment surface.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The lobe shell Philine aperta in sandy substrate.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The lobe shell Philine aperta, partly buried in sand.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Large specimen of Pholas dactylus from off Mumbles Head.
Copyright: Jon Moore
The common piddock Pholas dactylus, South Wales.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Phorcus lineatus on intertidal rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Phorcus lineatus on a barnacle covered rock.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Phorcus lineatus on a barnacle covered rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Phorcus lineatus on a rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Phorcus lineatus upturned on a rock.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Close up view of aperture.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Dull-coloured Phorcus lineatus on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Group of Phorcus lineatus on emmersed mid shore rock.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Two Phorcus lineatus on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pleurobranchus membranaceus at Lyme Bay.
Copyright: Mike Markey
Pleurobranchus membranaceus with eggs, Lyme Bay.
Copyright: Mike Markey
Aperture and spire of the common spire shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Right side of common spire shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Close up of the head of Rossia macrosoma.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Rossia macrosoma on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Close up of the head and tentacles of Rossia macrosoma.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Line drawing of Rossia macrosoma.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Rostanga rubra.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Rostanga rubra at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
External view of Ruditapes decussatus valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Ruditapes decussatus valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Ruditapes decussatus valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
External view of Ruditapes philippinarum valve.
Copyright: Terry Wimbleton
Side profile of lunule and ligament of Ruditapes philippinarum.
Copyright: Terry Wimbleton
Runcina coronata in a rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A number of Scrobicularia plana being dug out of coarse sediment.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Closeup of the hinge of one valve of the peppery furrow shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Interior of one valve of the peppery furrow shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
One valve of the peppery furrow shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Overhead shot of star shaped depressions left by siphons of Scrobicularia plana.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Line drawing of Sepia elegans.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Front view of Sepia elegans
Copyright: Becky Seeley
Side view of Sepia elegans
Copyright: Becky Seeley
Two individuals hovering over the sea bed.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Sepia officinalis bone.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Sepia officinalis juveniles bred in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Sepia officinalis lying on a cobble seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Sepia officinalis squirting ink.
Copyright: John Rundle
Sepia officinalis with its eggs.
Copyright: John Rundle
Dark eggs of Sepia officinalis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Detached eggs of Sepia officinalis at different growth stages.
Copyright: John Rundle
Eggs of common cuttlefish on Sargassum muticum.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Female Sepia officinalis in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Head of Sepia officinalis with its eggs.
Copyright: John Rundle
Individual burying in gravel.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Pair of Sepia officinalis hovering over the seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Side view of entire individual.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Two individuals.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Line drawing of Sepietta oweniana.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Sepiola atlantica
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Sepiola atlantica on a green background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
a number of recently hatched Sepolia atlantica.
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
Head region of Sepiola atlantica.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Highly pigmented Sepiola atlantica.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Individual Sepiola atlantica on gravel.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Line drawing of Sepiola atlantica.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Line drawing of Sepiola rondeletii.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
The carnivorous snail Simnia patula.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Simnia patula on Alcyonium digitatum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Simnia patula on Eunicella verrucosa at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Simnia patula on its prey - close up view.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Simnia patula on its prey.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Simnia patula on white sea fan
Copyright: Dylan Jones
The carnivorous snail Simnia patula with its eggs on its prey, Alcyonium digitatum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
External view of Spisula elliptica valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Spisula elliptica valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The surf clam Spisula solida.
Copyright: Bob Williams
External view of Spisula solidissima valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Internal view of Spisula solidissima valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Gibbula cineraria, the grey top shell.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Grey top shell Gibbula cineraria showing operculum
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Gibbula umbilicalis, flat top shell.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Lone Gibbula umbilicalis on a rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The topshell Gibbula umbilicalis amongst dog whelks.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
The topshell Gibbula umbilicalis upturned on a rock showing its operculum.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
The topshell Gibbula umbilicalis upturned on a rock.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Three mature Gibbula umbilicalis individuals.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Underside of Gibbula umbilicalis showing the operculum.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Varying forms of Gibbula umbilicalis - view 1.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Varying forms of Gibbula umbilicalis - view 2.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
External view of Tellimya ferruginosa valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Tellimya ferruginosa in a laboratory.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Tellimya ferruginosa on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Internal view of Tellimya ferruginosa valves.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Tenellia adspersa crawling on Ruppia with the mollusc Rissoa membranacea.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
Tenellia adspersa
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
Two animals crawling on Zostera and Obelia.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
The limpet Tectura testudinalis.
Copyright: MarClim
Tectura testudinalis on a barnacle covered rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tectura testudinalis on a rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Common tortoiseshell limpet on stones at low water in Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tortoiseshell limpet, Tectura testudinalis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
External view of Thracia convexa valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
External view of Thracia villosiuscula valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
External view of Thyasira gouldii valve.
Copyright: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The oval venus, Timoclea ovata.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Line drawing of Todaropsis eblanae.
Copyright: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Tonicella marmorea
Copyright: Sue Scott
Tonicella marmorea
Copyright: Paul Naylor
The rare sea slug Trapania maculata.
Copyright: Rob Spray and Dawn Watson
Aperture and ventral side of pheasant shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Right side of pheasant shell
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Three pheasant shells, showing diversity in colour
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Four brownish Tritia incrassata individuals.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Bright pink Tritia incrassata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A mobile netted dog whelk displaying siphon and tentacles.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Tritia reticulata on gravel.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tritia reticulata with eggs at 40 m depth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A swarm of netted dog whelks feeding on a dead spider crab.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Aperture of the netted dog whelk
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Egg case of netted dog whelk showing individual eggs inside
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Egg cases of netted dog whelk on intertidal rock
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Flat, vase-shaped egg capsules of Tritia reticulata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Netted dog whelk on intertidal rock
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Shell of the netted dog whelk
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Shell of the netted dog whelk
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
The netted whelk on sediment.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
The thick-lipped dog whelk Tritia reticulata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tritonia hombergi with eggs.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Tritonia hombergi amongst brittle stars.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Tritonia hombergi at Morris Rogue reef near Torbay, at 12 m depth.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Tritonia hombergi at Tucker Rock near Torbay, at 13 m depth.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Sea slug egg mass, probably of Tritonia hombergi.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Small Tritonia hombergi feeding on dead man's fingers Alcyonium digitatum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The Arctic cowrie Trivia arctica.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Trivia arctica at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Trivia arctica in the intertidal.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Arctic cowrie.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Trivia monacha at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Trivia monacha at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Trivia monacha grouped together in a crevice.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
Trivia monacha in a rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Trivia monacha on the Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Trivia monacha with distinctive yellow mantle.
Copyright: MarLIN
Empty shell of the cowrie Trivia monacha.
Copyright: Holly Latham
One juvenile crawling shell and 5 adults of Truncatella subcylindrica. Also one shell of Paludinella litorina.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
Line drawing of Truncatella subcylindrica.
Copyright: Dr R.S.K. Barnes
Two adult Truncatella subcylindrica, one crawling.
Copyright: Dennis R. Seaward
Turritella communis on sediment.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Turritella communis shell lying in sand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Turritella communis shell on a black background.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Two Turritella communis on sediment.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Varicorbula gibba.
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Varicorbula gibba on a black background.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Varicorbula gibba shell opened to show ligment and hinge teeth.
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Varicorbula gibba.
Copyright: Dr Sebastian Holmes
Venus verrucosa in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
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