| Author | Beedham, G.E. |
| Year | 1972 |
| Title | Identification of the British Mollusca |
| ISBN | 0 7175 0593 6 |
| Series | Hulton Group Keys |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | A selection of the common British species and representatives of rarer groups. |
| Source | Hulton Group Keys, 236pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd. |
| Illustrations | Line drawings accompany the text. The preface claims colour photographs but my copy does not have any apart from three bivalves on the front cover. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A guide to common British molluscs. Descriptions on left-hand page, line drawings to the right. Keys to Marine Gastropoda, Freshwater and Brackish-water Gastropoda, Terrestrial Gastropoda, Marine Bivalvia, and Freshwater Bivalvia. Other smaller groups are covered in the text. Most useful for the sea-shore fauna, as the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs are better covered elsewhere, although it does include dissection drawings to help distinguish the Arion ater complex. |
| Examine | in the hand in the Hand ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful) |
| Specimen Preparation | Identification is mainly from shells. The bivalve key is much easier to use than Tebble’s. |
