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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Lacuna crassior
Lacuna crassior
Thick lacuna
thick chink shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.32
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 2 specimens. Off-white and faded yellow with 5-6 turret whorls giving a stepped effect. Fairly rare but can be found in mud or gravel at the low water mark or in the sublittoral zone at approximately 90m.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.157)