Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Fabulina fabula
Tellina fabula
Semi-striated tellin
bean-like tellin
Collection ID:
Z555.1.211
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 5 specimens. All have both valves still connected at the hinge. Small, oval and thin. Off-white in colour and glossy with visible concentric striae. Found in fine to medium sand and silty sand on the lower shore and in the shallow sublittoral, this species can burrow up to 10cm depth.
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) |
