Thrupp Lakes Species Data -molluscs

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Thrupp Lakes Species Data

Mollusca

This page relates to molluscs in the area in and around the two lakes, known as Thrupp Lake and Bullfield Lake (or, to Didcot Power station operators, as lakes 'E' and 'F') at grid reference SU 518 975.

These lakes and their surroundings are currently threatened with desrtruction by Didcot ash disposal operations. Full story.

NAME	COMMON NAME
Anisus leucostoma	Button ram's horn snail*
Anisus vortex	Whirlpool ram's horn snail*
Anodonta anatina	Duck mussel*
Anodonta cygnea	Swan mussel*
Arion intermedius	Hedgehog slug
Arion subfuscus	Dusky slug
Cepia hortensis	White lipped snail#
Cepaea nemoralis	Brown lipped snail
Cincinna (Valvata) piscinalis	Common valve snail
Cochlicopa lubrica	Slippery moss snail*
Deroceras laeve	Netted slug
Discus rotundatus	Radiated snail*
Helix aspersa	Common garden snail
Limax maximus	Great grey slug
Lymnaea auricularia	Ear Pond Snail*
Lymnaea stagnalis	Great pond snail
Milax budapestensis	Budapest slug
Monacha cantiana	Kentish snail#
Oxyloma pfeifferi	Pfeiffer's amber snail*
Pisidium spp.	Seed shrimps. Several species*
Planorbis planorbis	Margined ram's horn snail*
Planorbarius corneus	Great ramshorn snail
Planorbis carinatus	Keeled ramshorn snail*
Potamopyrgus antipodarum	A water snail*
Radix (Lymnaea) peregra	Wandering snail
Sphaerium corneum	Horny orb mussel
Stagnicola (Lymnaea) palustris	Marsh pond snail*
Succinea putris	Large amber snail*
Trichia striolata	Strawberry snail*
Trichia hispida	Hairy snail*
Valvata cristata	Flat valve snail*

Invertebrates recorded at 'Spinage's Field' ( Lake E) and 'Bullfield Lake ' ( Lake F ) up to 1998 (Oxon BRC) with additions by Bob Eeles* and Basil Crowley#.

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