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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Jujubinus montagui
Cantharidus montagui
Montagu's top shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.23
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 9 specimens. Off-white with tessellating patterns in a light grey. Conical with a slightly domed apex. 6-7 whorls. Found in deep waters on stony or gravelling floors.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.156)