Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Retusa nitidula
Retusa nitidula
Collection ID:
Z555.1.117
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 3 specimens. Very small, off white and oval in shaped with the aperture running the length of the shell. Similarly to other Retusa sp. its body is mostly made up of the last whorl but here the apex is almost completely flat. Found in sublittoral sands up to 2000m.
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.174) |