Littorina obtusata/fabalis, (a species aggregate of molluscs)

21 Mar 2008 at OSGR: SW83 in East Cornwall, England

Littorina obtusata/fabalis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Mollusca)

Record Summary	3 brown
Found as	Living animal
Date	21 March 2008
OS grid ref	OSGR: SW83
Lat/Lon	50° 10’ N, 4° 60’ W
Vice County	East Cornwall, VC no: 2
Country	England

Notes: These could be L. obtusata or L. fabalis.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Graham, A., 1971. British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996. Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, reprint with minor corrections, 800pp, Oxford University Press

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Littorina obtusata/fabalis, (a species aggregate of molluscs)

21 Mar 2008 at OSGR: SW83 in East Cornwall, England

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