Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Hiatella rugosa
Hiatella gallicana
The common rock borer
Wrinkled rock-borer
Collection ID:
Z555.1.77
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 8 individual bivalve sides. 1 specimen with both sides still attached by hinge as well as 4 unconnected right sides, 3 unconnected left sides. Rounded but rectangular in shape from above, white and off white in colour with distinct horizontal ridges. Can be found on the lower shores attached to algae holdfasts but also bores into softer rock types. Currently stored in the same box as Hiatella arctica.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.194) |
