23 Differentiation L. obtusata/L. fabalis.

23 Differentiation L. obtusata/L. fabalis.

L. fabalis
Reticulata colour form; light brown with darker zig zag pattern. Also chequered 22Dof 22 Differentiation L. obtusata/L. fabalis and reticulate 21Dof 21 Differentiation L. obtusata/ L. fabalis . Usually the commonest colour form of both species on shores exposed to wave action.
White initial whorls resembling spirorbid worm shell are of the white early juvenile stage; this feature is found mainly on L. fabalis, but erosion of colour on L. obtusata can be mistaken for it.
Height 6.6 mm. West coast Anglesey, North Wales. March 2014
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