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Living British molluscs

All BSCC members are welcome to add their own photographs to this gallery: please see the page on contributing to the site for how to submit images, and remember to supply the name of the species, its location and the date the photograph was taken. Photographs can be of live marine, freshwater or terrestrial molluscs.

Click on a photograph below to see the full image. Each photograph is credited in the caption.
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Patella vulgata L., 1758
Boat Cove, Portheras, Cornwall, 14 June 2018

Photograph by Ali Hartley

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Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Loch Duich, Scotland, 11 July 2013

Photograph by Dave Rolfe

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Tectura virginea (O.F. Müller, 1776)
With ram's horns, 28 December 2011

Photograph by Colin Goss

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Steromphala cineraria (L., 1758)
Loch Snizort, Skye, Scotland, 11 July 2013
Photograph by Dave Rolfe


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Steromphala umbilicalis (da Costa, 1778)
Joss Bay, Kent, 3 June 2012
Photograph by Dave Rolfe


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Steromphala umbilicalis (da Costa, 1778) with
Patella vulgata
L., 1758

Sydney Cove, Praa Sands, Cornwall, 15 June 2018

Photograph by Ali Hartley

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Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)
Sydney Cove, Praa Sands, Cornwall, 15 June 2018
Photograph by Ali Hartley


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Littorina littorea L., 1758
On seaweed, Castle Cove, 28 January 2012
Photograph by Colin Goss

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Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825) or
L. obtusata (L., 1758)

Probably L. fabalis, as on Fucus serratus. December 2011

Photograph by Colin Goss

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Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1825) or
L. obtusata
(L., 1758)

Probably L. fabalis, as on Fucus serratus. December 2011
Photograph by Colin Goss

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Littorina obtusata L., 1758
Joss Bay, Kent, 3 June 2012
Photograph by Dave Rolfe

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Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Loch Duich, Scotland, 27 July 2013
Photograph by Dave Rolfe

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Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Sydney Cove, Praa Sands, Cornwall, 15 June 2018
Photograph by Ali Hartley

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Rissoa parva da Costa, 1778 and Rissoa guerinii Récluz, 1843
On eelgrass, 28 December 2011
Photograph by Colin Goss


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Simnia hiscocki Lorenz & Melaun, 2011
On Alcyonium species, Hatt Rock, Plymouth, 11 October 2008

Photograph by Keith Hiscock

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Simnia patula Pennant, 1777 on
Eunicella verrucosa Pallas, 1766

Blackstone, Plymouth, 17 July 2008
Photograph by Keith Hiscock

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Trivia monacha L., 1758
With reflection in the water, Castle Cove, 28 January 2012
Photograph by Colin Goss


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Trivia monacha L., 1758
Partially extended, Castle Cove, 28 January 2012
Photograph by Colin Goss

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Trivia monacha L., 1758
On weed, 28 December 2011
Photograph by Colin Goss


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Trivia monacha L., 1758, Tritia incrassata Strom, 1768 and Rissoa parva da Costa, 1778
March 2012
Photograph by Colin Goss


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Ocenebra erinaceus L., 1758
Camouflaged, Castle Cove, January 2012

Photograph by Colin Goss

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Tritia incrassata Strom, 1768
Live with extended siphons, March 2012
Photograph by Colin Goss

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Onchidella celtica (Cuvier, 1817)
At low tide, on rocks in Port Isaac harbour, Cornwall, 17 May 2015
Photograph by Ali Hartley

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Acanthochitona crinita Pennant, 1777
With barnacles, 31 December 2011
Photograph by Colin Goss

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Lepidochitona cinerea (L., 1767)
Loch Duich, Scotland, 14 August 2011
Photograph by Dave Rolfe

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Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) juvenile
Reculver, Kent, 20 January 2016
Photograph by Dave Rolfe

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Anomia ephippium L., 1758
On seaweed, Weymouth, Easter 2012
Photograph by Colin Goss

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Pecten maximus L., 1758
Found on sandbank among weed and rock at extreme low tide in 6–8 inches of water, Portland Harbour, Dorset, 25 February 2013
Photograph by John Batt

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Pecten maximus L., 1758
Found on sandbank among weed and rock at extreme low tide in 6–8 inches of water, Portland Harbour, Dorset, 25 February 2013
Photograph by John Batt

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Acanthocardia tuberculata L., 1758
Found live, buried in sand at low tide on drift line, main beach, Weymouth, Dorset, 25 February 2013
Photograph by John Batt

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Acanthocardia tuberculata L., 1758
Found live, buried in sand at low tide on drift line, main beach, Weymouth, Dorset, 25 February 2013
Photograph by John Batt

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Cerastoderma edule L., 1758
With valves open, March 2012

Photograph by Colin Goss

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Lepidochitona cinerea L., 1767
on Venus verrucosa L., 1758

March 2012

Photograph by Colin Goss

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