Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Tectura virginea
Patelloida virginea
White tortoiseshell limpet
Rayed limpet
Collection ID:
Z555.1.16
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 12 specimens. Small, asymmetrically conical. Ranging in colour from whitish yellow, to the pale pink of the striped bands which are still visible on a number of the specimens. Can be found at the low tide line and in rock pools. Also round on smooth rocks close to its food source, Lithothamnion algae which is also pink or purple in colour.
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.154) |
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