Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Nucella lapillus
Nucella lapillus
Dog whelk
northern dogwinkle
northern dog whelk
Atlantic dogwinkle
Atlantic dog whelk
Purple dog whelk
cattie buckie
katty-whelk
dog
Collection ID:
Z555.1.75
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 8 specimens. Smaller sepcimens and with a wider variety of colours. Ranging from greyish-purple, brown and white. They are also considerably thinner than those in box 1.
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.168) |
