APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) - Stocky cerith or Lettered horn shell - a non-native species (Marine snails)
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Stocky cerith
Cerithium litteratum
- lateral view 1

Stocky cerith
Cerithium litteratum
- snail underside and mouth 1

Stocky cerith
Cerithium litteratum
- lateral view 2

Stocky cerith
Cerithium litteratum
- snail underside and mouth 2

Stocky cerith
Cerithium litteratum
- group of shells 1

Numerous specimens of this non-native species were found inside a Scotty bait jar that was washed-up on he north coast of Cornwall that was found by Tracey Williams. The Scotty bait jar must have arrived here from the SE coast of the USA.

Specimens above kindly photographed with the kind prmission of Tracey Williams. 06.01.16.

This species was found on this side of the Atlantic in Ireland in a bait jar found at Loher Beach, Waterville, Co Kerry, by Rosemary Hill. Ref: Trans-atlantic rafting of inshore mollusca on macro-litter: American molluscs on British and Irish shores, new records. By Anna M Holmes, P Graham Oliver, Steve Trewhella, Rosemary Hill & Declan TG Quigley.

Cerithium litteratum Stocky cerith or Lettered horn shell marine snail images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.