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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Emarginula fissura
Emarginula reticulata
slit limpet
pink slit limpet
pink emarginula 
Common slit limpet
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.10
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 15 specimens. Cap-shaped and ridged, with a slit perforating from the outer lip to mid body. From the lower shore on rocks that carry the sea sponges on which is feeds.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.152)

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