Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Nucula nitidosa
Nucula turgida
shiny nutclam
shiny nut clam
The shining nut shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.147
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 2 specimens. 1 of these is light grey in colour with concentric clear growth lines and has both valves still attached at the hinge. The other specimens is an individual right valve. The inner surface is glossy and white with visible teeth on the ligament.
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.185) |
