Author | Graham, A. |
Year | 1971 |
Title | British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs |
ISBN | 0.12.294850.5 |
Series | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | About 140 commonest of the 230+ British species known at the time. The others are rare. |
Source | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London |
Illustrations | Line drawings, mostly of shells |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Three separate keys to families: marine, freshwater and terrestrial, followed by family species accounts illustrated with line drawings. Family and genus keys are inserted as appropriate. Superseded by the greatly enlarged second edition. |
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | The figures aren’t numbered quite sequentially. No doubt there was a good reason, but it can be slightly confusing. |
Examine | in the Hand ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful) |
Identification difficulty | The keys are for identifying whole animals. Features of the soft parts are often used so there may be problems identifying dead shells. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification, contains Checklist | Superseded | PROSOBRANCHIA | operculate molluscs | Animalia |
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