Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Musculus discors
Musculus discors
Green crenella
green crenell
discordant mussel
The green or tumid crenella
Collection ID:
Z555.1.160
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 5 specimens. 3 have both valves still attached to one another, there is also 1 individual left and 1 individual right valve which appear to have once been joined. Oval, almost bean shaped, greenish grey in colour with both concentric growth lines and very fine, flat radiating striae. Can be found in the low intertidal and the shallow sublittoral zones attached to rocks and algae.
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) |
