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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Bittium reticulatum
Bittium reticulatum
Needle whelk
needle shell
Small needle-whelk
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.68
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 11 specimens. Off white and pale pink spire shells with relatively flat whorls and well defined lineal ridges. Pointed at apex. Found alongside Eelgrass (Zostera) and other seaweeds.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall
PlaceDingieshowe

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.161)