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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Mangelia costata
Mangelia coarctata
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.111
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 3 specimens. Spire shaped with a rounded apex with fairly flat spires, brown in colour with defined vertical costae and spiralling striae that are very fine and hard to see with the naked eye. Can be found on sandy sea floors up to 25m.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.170)