Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Melarhaphe neritoides
Littorina neritoides petraea
Small periwinkle
Nerite-like winkle
Collection ID:
Z555.1.52
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 88 specimens. Small and grey, lightening in colour towards the apex. Conical but rounded around the last whorl. Found in crevices on the upper shore.
Field collection
Collector | Robert Rendall |
Place | Below the Battery, Birsay |
References
Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.157) |