Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Musculus subpictus
Musculus marmoratus
Spotted mussel
marbled mussel
marbled musculus
marbled crenella
The marbelled Crenella
Collection ID:
Z555.1.139
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 4 specimens. 3 right valves and 1 left. Pale pink or brown in colour they are rounded triangular in shape with well spaced age lines and radiating striae. The internal surface is an iridescent pale pink. Can be found among algae holdfasts or attached to stones around the lower shore and the upper sublittoral zone.
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.174) |
