Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Spirobranchus triqueter
Keelworm
Collection ID:
Z555.1.94
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Polychaeta. Small piece of what looks to be bone with 4 examples of keel worm calcareous tubes adhered, some of which are very coiled. There is also barnacle epibionts (Balanus balanus).
Field collection
Collector | Robert Rendall |
Place | Birsay |
References
Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.193) |