Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Turtonia minuta
Turtonia minuta
Minute turton
The minute kelly shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.143
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 31 specimens. 15 have both valves. 16 are individual sides, 4 left and 12 right. Very tiny, off white in colour with brown on the posterior side or with brown and white banding. Sub-ovate is shape with concentric striase, this bivalve is found on intertidal rocky shores.
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.175) |
