Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Littorina littorea
Littorina littorea
Common periwinkle
edible periwinkle
winkle
buckie
tangy buckie [Eday]
Collection ID:
Z555.1.27
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 6 specimens. Pale grey with darker grey spiralling stripes. Conical with convex sides and rounded apex. Operculum remains intact. Common on most exposed, intertidal, rocky shores.
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.158) |
