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.

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Little-ear shell
Otina ovata
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Little-ear shell
Otina ovata
- dead shell lateral view 1

Little-ear shell
Otina ovata
- dead shell dorsal view 1

Little-ear shell
Otina ovata
- dead shell ventral view 1

This 2.05mm dead specimen was found in the cleaned sediment of a scrape sample, which was taken in a deep pool at Skilly, near Newlyn, Cornwall, 24.04.20.

Little-ear shell
Otina ovata
- dead shell ventral view 2

Little-ear shell
Otina ovata
- dead shell lateral view 2

Dead specimen above found in shell sand at Porthcurno, Cornwall. 20.05.12. Shell found on the high water mark in a line of shell sand. Shell is a juvenile, about 3mm.

Scientific and European Names:
Otina ovata, Otina otis, Otina turtoni, Little-ear shell.

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.