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Molluscs
2010
Peter Topley
Mollusc Records 2010
Galsey Wood,
Thurleigh Airfield
BNHS Recorders’ field meeting
25th July 2010
19 species recorded including: all four British species of the genus
Oxychilus
 The Dusky Slug, Arion subfuscus
 the Plaited Door Snail Cochlodina
laminata, typical of base-rich
deciduous woodland
Mollusc Records 2010
The Cylindrical Whorl Snail,
Truncatellina cylindrica
clinging on in Potton
4 adult and one fresh dead
juvenile recorded from 100g leaf
litter sample.
(giant discovered in Scotland
(2.7mm high!))
Photo: Gordon Corbett
Mollusc Records 2010
Flitwick Moor
Conchological Society field meeting
June 2010
30 species recorded including: first Flitwick Moor record of the
Chrysallis Snail Columella aspera
 both species of Glass Snails,
Euconulus alderi and fulvus
 very thin shelled Banded Snails,
Cepaea nemoralis
Mollusc Records 2010
Girdled Snail,
Hygromia cinctella,
in Clifton
 introduced Mediterranean species
 Spreading from the South West
 Probably only the second record
from the county
 Is it in your garden?
(Size: 10-12mm)
Many thanks to all who have sent in records in 2010