Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Heteranomia squamula
Heteranomia squamula
Smallest saddle oyster
prickly jingle
jingle shell
The thin scale oyster
Collection ID:
Z555.1.141
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 9 specimens. 4 have both valves still connected, 5 are just the top valves. The top valves are pale grey and fairly thin but the bottom valves are incredibly delicate and translucent. Can be found on hard substrate and on algae in the intertidal and sublittoral.
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.176) |
