Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Tritia incrassata
Nassarius incrassatus
Thick-lipped dog whelk
smooth western nassa
angulate nassa
Collection ID:
Z555.1.98
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 17 specimens. Small, conical with a rounded apex. Well defined vertical ridges and the aperture is 'toothed'. Ranging in colour from pinks to browns. Abundant in the shallow sublittoral in silts, on rocky shores, below stones and in rocky crevices.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
| Place | Birsay |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.193) |
