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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Margarites groenlandicus
Margarites groenlandicus
Greenland top shell
Greenland topsnail
Greenland margarite
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.19
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 5 specimens. Various shades of off white. Very small with 5-6 body whorls and spiral ridging. Found under stones, and on Laminaria seaweed holdfasts.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall
PlaceEday Sound

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.155)

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