Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Monophorus perversus
Triphora perversa
Reverse horn shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.85
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 5 specimens. Spire shaped with flat whorls and slightly convex sides. Yellowish brown and they have visible ridges in a cross hatch pattern. Usually found feeding on and partially embedded in sea sponges such as Hymeniacidon and Halichondria.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
| Place | Brough, Birsay |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.161) |
