Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Erato voluta
Erato voluta
Smooth margin shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.61
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 13 specimens. Off white, glossy and slightly translucent. Harp shaped in profile with the base whorl making up about 80% of the shells body. The aperture runs the height of the base whorl. Found in the sublittoral and is associated with Ascidiacea (Sea squirts;tunicates;ascidians)
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.169) |