Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Mya truncata
Mya truncata
Truncate softshell clam
truncate softshell
soft-shelled clam
clam
blunt gaper clam
blunt gaper
The blunt gaper
grice
smirlin
smerslin
soo-shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.229
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 specimen. All have both valves still attached at the hinge. Large, rounded oblong shaped with a blunt squared posterior edge. The shell is off-white in colour with a pale brown periostracum. Well defined concentric striae and visible growth markers. Can be found from the low intertidal zone to depths of approx. 70m where it burrows deeply into sands and silts.
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.196) |
