MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
BIVALVIA
bivalves
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 		Class 56 subtaxa 613 images 30 ident. refs
CEPHALOPODA
octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids
Class 3 subtaxa 43 images 4 ident. refs
COLEOIDEA
a subclass of molluscs
Subclass 3 subtaxa 43 images 1 ident. refs
DECAPODIFORMES
a superorder of molluscs
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 		Superorder 3 subtaxa 43 images 1 ident. refs
GASTROPODA
slugs and snails
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 		Class 162 subtaxa 1,805 images 155 ident. refs
POLYPLACOPHORA
chitons, coat-of-mail shells
Class 3 subtaxa 121 images 2 ident. refs
CHITONIDA
an order of molluscs
Order 3 subtaxa 121 images
ACANTHOCHITONINA
a suborder of molluscs
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 		Suborder 3 subtaxa 121 images
SCAPHOPODA
tusk shells
Class 1 subtaxa 4 images 2 ident. refs
DENTALIIDA
an order of molluscs
Order 1 subtaxa 4 images
DENTALIIDAE
a family of molluscs
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Beedham, G.E. 1972 Identification of the British Mollusca Hulton Group Keys, 236pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1853 *** A History of British Mollusca, and their Shells ***(Superseded) 4 volumes, Van Voorst
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html

Freshwater

Germain, L. 1930 *** Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles (2 vols) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 21 & 22, 897pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Pfleger, V. 1998 A Field Guide in Colour to Molluscs English edition edition, 216pp, Blitz
Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

Marine

Anon. The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) www.marlin.ac.uk/gallerycategory.php?gcatid=8
Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. 2011 A Student’s Guide to the Seashore 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press
in the field() Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe Oxford Natural History, 436pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
Jones, A.M. & Baxter, J.M. 1987 Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 37, The Linnean Society of London
Naylor, P. 2005 Great British Marine Animals 2nd edition edition
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

Marine/Plankton

() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed) 2nd edition, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas 143pp, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil

Marine

Wood, C. 2007 Seasearch Observer’s Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland SeaSearch guides, Marine Conservation Society

Planktonic Larvae

Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) 1901 *** Tunicata, Mollusca ***(Superseded) Nordisches Plankton, 116+55pp, H. G. Bohn, London

Planktonic Larval Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 1: Radiolaria, Heliozoa, Foraminifera, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Rotifera and Mollusca Occasional Publications, No. 25, 138pp, Marine Biological Association

Planktonic Stages And Forms

Todd, C.D., Laverack, M.S. & Boxshall, G. 1996 Coastal Marine Zooplankton: A Practical Manual for Students 2nd edition, 106pp, Cambridge University Press

Societies

Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Terrestrial

Germain, L. 1930 *** Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles (2 vols) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 21 & 22, 897pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Pfleger, V. 1998 A Field Guide in Colour to Molluscs English edition edition, 216pp, Blitz

MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 195 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
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