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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Astarte montagui
Astarte montagui
Narrow-hinge astarte
Montagu's astarte
Montagu tridonta
The flat astarte
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.148
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 11 specimens. 9 have both valves still connected. There is also 1 right and 1 left valve which look like they may have originally been 1 specimens due to their size and colour. Rounded triangular with a rounded ventral lip. Clear and defined concentric ridges and ranges in colour from yellow through to brown. Lives in clean sand, mud or gravel at a depth of approx. 73m.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.185)