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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Trophonopsis barvicensis
Trophon barvicensis
Berwick spindle shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.97
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 1 specimen. Small, white and conical with very well defined whorls and vertical ridges. The siphon canal has a distinctive curve. It can be found on stony or gravelly sea floors from the low water marks to around 200m depth.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.183)