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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Spirobranchus triqueter
Keelworm
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.93
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Polychaeta. 3 clear specimens on rock, several small partial marks, loose in Drawer 2. White, calcareous tubes left behind by this species of tube worm. They are predominately sublittoral and they encrust rocks, shells and some species of decapods.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall
PlaceBirsay

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.192)