24 Boreochiton ruber COMPARISON Lepidochitona cinerea

24  Boreochiton ruber COMPARISON Lepidochitona cinerea

Diagnostic (in N.W. Europe) girdle pattern of L. cinerea. 1: waist narrow on dark band; wide on pale band. 2: central dark spot on pale band, and white spot on dark band near margin. 3: pale line often runs across bands. . Menai Strait, Wales, February 2011.

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