Illustrated Index of British Shells / Containing figures of all the recent species

A compact illustrated reference presents colored figures and concise descriptions of the British mollusc fauna, treating both univalve and bivalve shells. It begins with a plain introduction to external anatomy and classification, distinguishing major groups such as Gasteropoda and Bivalvia and noting family-level characteristics. Systematic plates arranged by family and genus show nearly seven hundred figures, each accompanied by selected synonyms and brief notes on distinguishing shell characters. Practical annotations supply information on habits, habitats, localities, depth ranges, and relative abundance, and a short list links living species with identical fossil representatives to aid collectors and field identification.