Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Gibbula magus
Gibbula magus
Turban top shell
turban topsnail
great topshell
Painted topshell
sholtie
Collection ID:
Z555.1.25
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 3 specimens. Relatively large, off white with the iridescent surface wearing through in some places. Conical but fairly flat with up to 8 stepped whorls. On weeds and under stones as well as on shingle beaches. Habitat also stretches into the sublittoral zone.
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.155) |
