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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Peringia ulvae
Hydrobia ulvae
laver spire snail
laver spire shelllaver mud snail
European mudsnail
common mudflat snail
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.64
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 9 specimens. Off white and slightly tinge with brown with approximately 5 whorls. Conical but rounded. It favours brackish water in mud and muddy sands.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.158)