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Aber Afon Conwy

…sive areas of muddy sand occur with ragworm Hediste diversicolor, baltic tellin Macoma balthica and lugworm. Similarly, on the west bank ragworm and peppery furrow shell Scrobicularia plana are present. Cleaner sediments are typical of the lower shore, with baltic tellin and lugw…

Aber Mawddach / Mawddach Estuary

…ola marina and bivalves such as common cockle Cerastoderma edule, Baltic tellin Macoma balthica, thin tellin Angulus tenuis and the tellin Fabulina fabula. On the north shore of the estuary there is an extensive area of common cockle and a large bed of edible mussel occurring on …

Y Foryd

… of small burrowing animals such as ragworm Hediste diversicolor, Baltic tellin Macoma balthica, peppery furrow shell Scrobicularia plana and a species of the spire shell Hydrobia. Associated plants include gutweed Enteromorpha sp., and other green filamentous seaweed. The habita…

Severn Estuary

…minent species are ragworm Nereis spp., lugworm Arenicola marina, Baltic tellin Macoma balthica and the spire shell Peringia ulvae. A greater variety of invertebrates tend to occur on the intertidal rock platforms, a more stable habitat with rock pools and a relatively high cover…

Hamford Water

…he commonest species are the ragworm Hediste diversicolor, the bivalve molluscs Macoma balthica, Scrobicularia plana and the gastropod mollusc Peringia ulvae. There are mussel Mytilus edulis beds and, in Kirby Creek, oyster Ostrea edulis lays. The mud flats also support a number…

Colne Estuary

…pical of south eastern estuaries. The fauna is dominated by Peringia ulvae with Macoma balthica, Scrobicularia plana, Hediste diversicolor and Nephtys hombergii. Towards the mouth of the estuary the substratum becomes more sandy; Zostera noltii and Zostera marina have been record…

Larne Lough

…linna palmata, together with the amphipod Corophium volutator and Baltic tellin Macoma balthica. The northern mudflats have an abundance of the polychaete Tharyx marioni and ragworm Hediste diversicolor, the latter typically near the outflows of the brackish lagoons, where salini…

Carlingford Lough

…There is a moderate/sheltered sand community containing the thin tellin bivalve Macomangulus tenuis present along the seaward edge. Muddy sands towards the coastal fringe support common cockle Cerastoderma edule, the Baltic tellin Macoma balthica and a high polychaete worm divers…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…icolor and the bivalves peppery furrow shell Scrobicularia plana, Baltic tellin Macoma balthica and thin tellin Angulus tenuis. Sand gaper Mya arenaria is found in mud near the creek and channel edges of the Gwendraeth saltmarsh. Edible cockle Cerastoderma edule occurs within the…

Strangford Lough Part 2

…numerous spionid worms of the genera Nereis and Nephtys and the bivalve mollusc Macoma balthica Baltic tellin and the amphipod, Corophium volutator. The rare priapulid worm, Priapulus caudatus, which is the only known British representative of this very unusual group of animals, …

Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd a'r Glannau at Garreg yr Imbill

… down the shore and this substratum supports bivalves such as the baltic tellin Macoma balthica and the striped venus Chamelea gallina along with lugworms. A similar community is found to the east of Carreg y Defaid headland. The strandline of decomposing seaweeds found on the re…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…ds Corophium volutator and C. arenarium, the mud snail Hydro biaulvae, bivalves Macoma balthica, Scrobicularia plana and Cerastoderma edule and polychaete and oligochaete worms. Small beds of the eel grasses Zostera angustifolia an Zostera marina occur around Roa Island and off W…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…iment is again colonised by abundant blow lug, with the bivalves, baltic tellin Macoma balthica, thin tellin Angulus tenuis, and razor shell Ensis siliqua. Sand mason worms are common from the lower to mid shore. From mid-shore to the upper shore, the coarse sand is colonised by …

Mersey Narrows

… on ragworm Hediste diversicolor, spire shell Peringia ulvae and Baltic telling Macoma balthica. Seaforth also supports a number of additional bird species of note. This includes a number of breeding species, two of which are considered to be of regional importance, common term S…

Upper Solway Flats & Marshes

…agworm Hediste diversicolor, lugworm Arenicola marina, various shelled bivalves Macoma balthica etc., snails e.g. Peringia ulvae and the shrimp like species Corophium volutator, with mussel scars in places. A similarly specialised invertebrate fauna occurs on the saltmarshes and …

Strangford Lough Part 3

…worms Arenicola marina lugworm and Nereis diversicolor ragworm and the molluscs Macoma balthica Baltic tellin, Cerastoderma edule edible cockle, mya arenaria sand gaper and Mya truncata Blunt Gaper. These mudflats provide important feeding grounds for large numbers of wading bird…

Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm

…rigin including the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminalis, the marine bivalve Macoma balthica and marine limpet Patella vulgata and also the terrestrial snail Vallonia enniensis. Amino acid dating of the mollusc shells has shown there to be two interglacial periods represented…

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