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Topic: Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) Found In Cornwall

Chris,

Another new non-native has just been reported on Facebook, this being the marine mollusc (Gastropod)  - Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) found in Cornwall - see below.

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Steve Trewhella added photos to new record in The Essential Guide to Beachcombing and the Strandline.
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Last week Tracey Williams found a Scotty bait pot on a beach near Newquay Cornwall , it contained 10 shells of Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778), a Caribbean species never before seen on UK mainland shores.  The snails would have entered the pot as larvae , living on algae growing on the inside.  Scotty pots are always worth closer examination .

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See:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerithium_litteratum

and:  http://species-identification.org/speci … amp;id=407

Obviously, this species is not on the UKSI and if the findings are to be recorded it will need to be.

Cheers,
Steve

Steve J. McWilliam
www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk
www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/

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Re: Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) Found In Cornwall

Thanks Steve - but that was added this week (today actually!) from another source :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)