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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Lacuna vincta
Lacuna vincta
Northern lacuna
banded chink shell
Banded chink snail
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.33
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 13 specimens. Off-white or a pale greyish brown with 2-4 darker spiralling bands. Appear smooth to the naked eye but very finely ridged. Conical. Can be found on seaweeds or on the Zostera species of seagrass.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.157)