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Subclass | 44 subtaxa | 552 images | 31 ident. refs | ||||
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Subclass | 52 subtaxa | 554 images | 42 ident. refs | ||||
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Order | 1 subtaxa | 6 images | 5 ident. refs | ||||
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Subclass | 5 subtaxa | 66 images | 2 ident. refs | ||||
| Subclass | 13 ident. refs | |||||||
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Order | 50 subtaxa | 522 images | 45 ident. refs | ||||
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Subclass | 8 subtaxa | 105 images | 6 ident. refs | ||||
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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Cameron, R.A.D. & Redfern, M. | 1976 | British Land Snails | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 6, 64pp, The Linnean Society of London |
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Macan, T.T. & Cooper, R.D. | 1960 | A Key to the British Fresh- and Brackish-Water Gastropods | Scientific Publication, 13, 46pp, Freshwater Biological Association |
| Morton, J.E. & Machin, J. | 1959 | A key to the Land snails of the Flatford Area, Suffolk | Field Studies 1(1): 57-71. | |
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Wardhaugh, A.A. | 1989 | Land Snails of the British Isles | Shire Natural History, 45, 24pp, Shire Publications Ltd. |
| Wuilbaut, J.J. | Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) | users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons | ||
Freshwater | ||||
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Janus, H. | 1965 | The Young Specialist looks at Molluscs | Young Specialist, 180pp, Burke |
| Killeen, I. | 2009 | Module 10: identification of Molluscs (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) | https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course | |
Marine | ||||
| Fisher, J. | Fishers Collection | www.fisherscollection.com | ||
| Longrigg, S.J. | UK Seashells | www.fredandsarah.plus.com/ukseashells | ||
Marine/Plankton | ||||
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Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C. | 1973 | Marine Plankton - a practical guide | 4th edition edition, 244pp, Hutchinson Educational Ltd. |
Planktonic Larvae | ||||
| Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) | 1901 | *** Tunicata, Mollusca ***(Superseded) | Nordisches Plankton, 116+55pp, H. G. Bohn, London | |
Terrestrial | ||||
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Janus, H. | 1965 | The Young Specialist looks at Molluscs | Young Specialist, 180pp, Burke |
GASTROPODA (slugs and snails) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for GASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 155 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
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To prepare microscope slides of the radula:
| 1. Gently cut off or extract the head region of the dead snail. |
| 2. Macerate in 5% KOH in a hot waterbath until the tissues disintegrate, (about 10 mins for a small snail) |
| 3. Find the radula (not always easy! Even adding Safranin to the alkali doesn’t help) |
| 4. Stain in Safranin |
| 5. Wash |
| 6. Make a temporary mount in lactophenol (but this tends to dissolve out the stain: need to experiment with other stains eg Lignin Pink) |
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