Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Euspira nitida
Natica poliana
Poli's necklace snail
common necklace shell
Alder's necklace snail
Alder's necklace shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.63
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 7 specimens. Off white, tinged with orange. Most are fairly plain with their patterns worn off but at least one specimens still retains its spiral rows of small brown or orange markings. Found on sand or gravel, usually from the sublittoral.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
| Place | Eday Sound |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.167) |
