Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Arcopagia crassa
Tellina crassa
Blunt tellin
Collection ID:
Z555.1.212
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 6 specimens. All with both valves still attached at the hinge. Roughly oval and robust with very well defined concentric ridges. Off-white in colour with a glossy white interior surface that has a peachy tinge to its centre. Found in mixed sandy deposits from the lower shore out to the waters of the continental shelf.
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.192) |
