Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Limatula subauriculata
Lima subauriculata
The heart file shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.151
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 8 specimens. 2 have both valves still attached. 6 individual sides, difficult to identify which side. Long and oval in shape, the shells at thin, partially translucent and white in colour. During early life they move through water like scallops or may attached themselves in small groups to hard surfaces. Live in mud, sandy mud, gravel and sandy gravel.
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.174) |
