Species comparisons and annotated specimens

These are bookmarks for myself: pages presenting information on how to identify particular species, and/or how to separate them from similar looking ones. I will keep adding more over time.

MARINE MOLLUSCS

Annotated specimens by dejaym:

• Spisula solida - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18219988 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18219988
• Dosinia exoleta - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18562501
• Mya truncata (and Mya arenaria) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18397246
• Patella pellucida - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18270468
• Venerupis corrugata - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18262580
• Ensis lei vs Ensis siliqua (and Ensis ensis - see comments) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18125010; https://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves/browserecord.php?-recid=54

Annotated specimens by morddyn:

• Tritia nitida vs Tritia reticulata - https://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/sets/72157711211851551/with/48753061878/

INSECTS
Vespula vulgaris vs Vespula germanica: https://guepes-frelons.forumgratuit.org/t562-vespula-vulgaris-vs-vespula-germanica

Posted on August 14, 2021 05:28 PM by anasacuta