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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Turbonilla lactea
Turbonilla elegantissima
Milky pyramidsail
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.57
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 1 specimen, 1 fragment. White, very smooth and conical with a rounded apex. Similar to a spire shape, the whorls are almost flat. Found on the lower shore and silty sands feeding on Audouinia and Amphitrite sedentary tube worms.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.167)