Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Painted top shell
Common top shell
queen's head [South Ronaldsay]
sholtie [Deerness]
Collection ID:
Z555.1.26
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 7 specimens in a range of sizes. Conical and pointed, pale pink in colour with darker patterned markings. Several have the operculum still intact. Iridescent interior surface. Found on weed covered rocky shores and extends into the sublittoral.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.157) |
