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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Nototeredo norvagica
Teredo norvegica
Norwegian shipworm
Norway shipworm
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.161
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 4 specimens. Off white in colour, finely ridged with sharp triangular lobes. Very convex. This species burrows into floating wood and can be found ashore in drift wood across British and Irish shores.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.184)