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:
Z555.1.76
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. banded with orange or red varying widths of spiralling stripes. Found on many rocky shores and in the sublittoral. They will often be found in the vicinity of other gastropods such as limpets (Patella sp.) and periwinkles (Littorina sp.) as Tritia reticulata is carnivorous and feeds on them.
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.167) |
