Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Mendicula ferruginosa
Thyasira ferruginea
The rusty hatchet shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.144
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 specimens. All have both valves still attached at the hinge. Sub circular, greyish brown in colour and very small. It has indistinct muscle scars and no visible teeth on the hinge line. Can be found in muds and sandy muds from 20m-200m.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
| Place | Brough, Birsay |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.174) |
