Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Asbjornsenia pygmaea
Tellina pygmaea
Dwarf tellin
The tiny tellin
Collection ID:
Z555.1.214
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 23 specimens. 11 have both valves still attached, 7 left valves and 5 right valves. Very small, thin and semi translucent. Has both visible concentric growth lines and fine concentric striae. Varies in colours such as white, pink, yellow and orange. Burrows in clean sands and gravel in the low intertidal zone to the edge 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.188) |
