Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Acteon tornatilis
Acteon tornatilis
Lathe acteon
European acteon
beer barrel
The acteon shell
Collection ID:
Z555.1.138
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 2 specimens. Spiral shell with a cylindrical body and approx. 5 whorls. Pale pink in colour with white striped bands irregularly running both horizontally and vertically. 1 specimens is broken and missing its apex while the other is whole. It burrows in clean, fine sands and is easiest to collect on the rising tide.
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.173) |
