Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Diaphana minuta
Diaphana minuta
Weak paper-bubble
brown paper-bubble
Arctic paper-bubble
Arctic paperbubble
The minute lobe shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.134
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 1 specimen. Minute, white and glossy. Very delicate and fragile, the last of the 5 whole makes up the majority of the shells body and has a flattened spire. This animal burrows into sands and can be found from the low water mark to around 350m depth.
Field collection
Collector | Robert Rendall |
References
Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.166) |