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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Trophonopsis muricata 
Trophon muricatus
Prickly spindle shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.72
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 4 specimens. 2 of which are contained within their own capsules. White and conical with defined whorls and crosshatched ridging. Lives is the sublittoral, on muddy, sandy, and gravelly bottoms.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.163)