Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The snail fauna of the strip lynchets on grazed calcareous grassland at Worth Matravers was studied by quantitative extraction of shells from the flatter treads and steeper risers of the lynchets, distinguishing between fresh and long dead specimens. Treads held a poor fauna dominated by just three “xerophile” species. The fresh and long dead samples differed little. On the risers, the fauna was richer and held more shells overall, while the long-dead assemblages differed slightly from the fresh ones. Comparison with other studies of present and prehistoric assemblages on calcareous grassland shows that we are far from a complete understanding of differences in faunas from what appear to be similar habitats.
Source: Journal of conchology
DOI: 10.61733/jconch/4551
Author: Robert Cameron
Institution: Natural History Museum
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411628955