APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Peringia ulvae (Pennant, 1777) syn. Hydrobia ulvae - Laver spire shell
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Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- snail 1

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- snails 1

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- snails 2

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- habitat 1

Specimens above found on shaking Egg or Knotted Wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum, in a bucket at Whacker Quay, Antony, near Torpoint, Cornwall. 17.06.16.

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- shells in-situ / habitat 1

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- shells in-situ / habitat 2

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- shell with 0.1mm rule 1

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- collection of shells 1

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- collection of shells 2

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- collection of shells 3

Laver spire shell or Mudsnail
Peringia ulvae
- with Zostera noltii 1

Images of species taken on tidal mudflats at Blanksmill Creek, Shadycombe, near Salcombe, Devon. 02.06.06. Also images of shells from a private collection in Cornwall. 04.06.12.

Scientific and European Names:
Peringia ulvae, Hydrobia ulvae, Laver spire shell, Mudderfjaeresnegl, Stor dyndsnegl,
Brakwaterhorentje, Wadslakje, Hydrobie, glatte Wattschnecke, Wodozytka pospolita, Stor tusensnacka.

Scientific and Common Names used are largely gained from from the WoRMS Database.

Peringia ulvae Hydrobia ulvae Spire Shell or Laver Shell or Mudsnail marine snail images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.