Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Capulus ungaricus
Capulus ungaricus
Hungarian cap shell
fools capsnail
fool's cap
capsnail
bonnet shell
John o’ Groats nightcap
monk's cap [Birsay]
tammy norrie [Sanday]
Collection ID:
Z555.1.84
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 3 specimens, 2 white, 1 grey. Cap-shaped with an overhanging curled apex. They can be found living in the sublittoral on rocks or on the shells of other molluscs such as living clams and Auger shells (Turritellinella tricarinata).
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.165) |
