23 Boreochiton ruber COMPARISON Lepidochitona cinerea

23 Boreochiton ruber COMPARISON Lepidochitona cinerea

L. cinerea has 1: distinct, crowded, depressed granules on valve viii. Larger granules on other valves. 2: distinct, crowded, round granules on girdle. 3: girdle fringed by translucent spines. Menai Strait, Wales, February 2011.

KEY ID FEATURES and similar species at: 01 Boreochiton ruber. Length 12mm. North Yorkshire. September 2014. (leg. Paula Lightfoot).