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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Tebble, N., 1966
British Bivalve Seashells
A handy guide to bivalve sea shells. Keys to 23 superfamiles, each with a key to species. Species accounts describe the shells and its ecology and distribution.
| Publisher |
British Museum - Natural History (BM (NH)) |
| Pages |
212 |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
The rules given for orientating the shell (p.4) are confusing - (hold) "with the beaks and umbones uppermost" - this means with the outside of the shell uppermost. |
| Coverage |
All the British species known at the time. |
| Illustrations |
Line drawings and 12 plates of colour and half-tone photographs. |
| Identify |
In the Hand (also useful to examine with x8 or x10 hand lens). |
| Specimen Prep. |
Dead shells, ideally with both halves. Sometimes the live animal is also needed. |
| Difficulty |
Many species easy, but some are surprisingly difficult. Identification often relies on faint muscle scars or the structure and arrangement of small teeth near the hinge. These latter differ between left and right valves. Even working out which end is anterior or posterior or whether a single shell is left or right valve and is far from easy. Washed up shells may be worn which adds another complication. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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