Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Nucella lapillus
Nucella lapillus
Dog whelk
northern dogwinkle
northern dog whelk
Atlantic dogwinkle
Atlantic dog whelk
Purple dog whelk
cattie buckie
katty-whelk
dog
Collection ID:
Z555.1.74
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 6 large specimens. White and quite sea worn but still with visible ridges. Some also still have a slight purple tinge to their apertures. The base whorl makes up around 80% of the body of the shell. They are found abundantly across all rocky shores and around other molluscs such limpets, on which they feed.
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.194) |
