Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Modiolula phaseolina
Modiolus phaseolinus
Bean mussel
bean horse mussel
Collection ID:
Z555.1.131
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 9 specimens with both valves full attached at the hinge. Dark greyish brown in colour, broadly oval or 'bean' shaped often with smooth hair like spines around the ventral edge. These can be found from the lower shore downwards.
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) |
