Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Papillicardium minimum
Cardium minimum
The least cockle
Collection ID:
Z555.1.196
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 13 specimens. 5 have both valves still connected at the hinge. 4 right valves and 4 left valves but it's difficult to say if any other these individual valves were ever connected to each other. Small, sub-circular and asymmetrical. Clear radiating ribs as well as a small number of concentric growth lines. Off white or very pale brown in colour. Found in mud, sand, and fine gravel to about 160m depth. Shares a storage box with Cardium scabrum.
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.188) |