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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Tricolia pullus
Tricolia pullus
Pheasant shell
lesser pheasant shell
European pheasant shell
Collection ID: 
Z+B37555.1.35
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 12 specimens. Minute, pink and pale pink with darker speckles or thin spiralling bands. Conical in shape. Found on rocky shores near the low tide line. Found most abundantly associated with tufted red algae species such as Lomentaria, Laurencia and Chondrus.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

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