Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Trivia monacha
Trivia monacha
spotted cowrie
European cowrie
bean cowrie
Groattie buckie
Groattie buckie
Grottie buckie
European cowry
Collection ID:
Z555.1.59
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. Trivia Monacha var. arctica 21 specimens, 1 fragment (locally called a heart-breaker). The arctica variety are pale pink in colour, egg shaped, with clear ridges running horizontally across its body. The aperture is much narrower than the juveniles.
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.161) |
