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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Erato voluta
Erato voluta
Smooth margin shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.61
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 13 specimens. Off white, glossy and slightly translucent. Harp shaped in profile with the base whorl making up about 80% of the shells body. The aperture runs the height of the base whorl. Found in the sublittoral and is associated with Ascidiacea (Sea squirts;tunicates;ascidians)

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.169)