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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Retusa umbilicata
Retusa subcylindrica
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.123
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 6 specimens. Minute, oval-shaped, white and glossy. The aperture runs the length of the shell and there are horizontal striae which are not visible to the naked eye due to these specimenss size. Found in fine, muddy sand in the sublittoral.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.172)