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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Beedham, G.E., 1972
Identification of the British Mollusca
A guide to common British molluscs. Descriptions on left-hand page, line drawings to the right. Keys to Marine Gastropoda, Freshwater and Brackish-water Gastropoda, Terrestrial Gastropoda, Marine Bivalvia, and Freshwater Bivalvia. Other smaller groups are covered in the text.
Most useful for the sea-shore fauna, as the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs are better covered elsewhere, although it does include dissection drawings to help distinguish the Arion ater complex.
| Publisher |
Hulton |
| Pages |
236 |
| ISBN |
0 7175 0593 6 |
| Coverage |
A selection of the common British species and representatives of rarer groups. |
| Illustrations |
Line drawings accompany the text. The preface claims colour photographs but my copy does not have any apart from three bivalves on the front cover. |
| Identify |
In the Hand (also useful to examine with x8 or x10 hand lens). |
| Specimen Prep. |
Identification is mainly from shells. The bivalve key is much easier to use than Tebble's. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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