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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Psiloteredo megotara 
Teredo megatora
The drifting shipworm
big ear shipworm
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.146
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 16 specimens. 10 specimens with both sides, 6 individual sides. Blade is broadly oval with crescent striae in some places while the pallet is paddle shaped and completely calcareous. At this point only found on floating timbers.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.180)