BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Class | BIVALVIA (bivalves) | 50 | 508 | 84 | 28 | |
| Class | CEPHALOPODA (octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids) | 2 | 39 | 4 | ||
| Class | GASTROPODA (slugs and snails) | 135 | 892 | 585 | 18 | 116 |
| Class | POLYPLACOPHORA (chitons, coat-of-mail shells) | 2 | 50 | 54 | 2 | |
| Class | SCAPHOPODA (tusk shells) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Beedham, G.E., 1972 | Identification of the British Mollusca |
| Forbes, E. & Hanley, S., 1853 | A History of British Mollusca, and their Shells |
Freshwater | |
| Germain, L., 1930 | Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles (2 vols) |
| Pfleger, V., 1998 | A Field Guide in Colour to Molluscs |
Marine | |
| The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN): http://www.marlin.ac.uk | The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) |
| Fish, J.D. & Fish, S., 2011 | A Student's Guide to the Seashore |
| Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A., 2001 | Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe |
| Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1990 (including the tiniest bivavles that are omitted from most other guides) | The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe |
| Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 (littoral and sublittoral fauna) | Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe |
| Jones, A.M. & Baxter, J.M., 1987 | Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda |
| Naylor, P., 2005 | Great British Marine Animals |
| Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/ | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland |
| Wood, C., 2007 | Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland |
Plankton | |
| Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 | Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas |
| Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2011 | Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed) |
Planktonic larvae | |
| Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds), 1901 | Tunicata, Mollusca |
Planktonic larval stages | |
| Conway, D.V.P., 2012 | Marine zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 1: Radiolaria, Heliozoa, Foraminifera, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Rotifera and Mollusca |
Societies | |
| Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland | Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland |
Terrestrial | |
| Germain, L., 1930 | Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles (2 vols) |
| Pfleger, V., 1998 | A Field Guide in Colour to Molluscs |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 40 general literature references to MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
MOLLUSCA may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 161 feeding and other relationships of MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
