Author | Graham, A. |
Year | 1988 |
Title | Prosobranch and Pyramidellid Gastropods: Keys and notes for the identification of the species |
Series | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time - nearly 300 species - although the Faeroes area is excluded. |
Source | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 2 edition, 662pp, The Linnean Society of London |
Illustrations | Line drawings, mostly of shells |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Five separate keys to families: all prosobranchs, marine prosobranchs, limpets, asiphonate marine prosobranchs and siphonate marine prosobranchs, followed by family and species accounts illustrated with line drawings. Family and genus keys are inserted as appropriate. Much more comprehensive and detailed than the previous edition. |
Examine | with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope 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 | Current | PROSOBRANCHIA | operculate molluscs | Animalia |
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