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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Buccinum undatum
Buccinum undatum
Whelk
waved whelk
edible European whelk
common whelk
common northern whelk
buckie
cod buckie [South Ronaldsay]
slaevery buckie
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.105
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 2 very large specimens. The operculum is present in the larger of the two and the smaller specimens has a pinkish red tinge to its spire and around the aperture.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.182)