Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Limecola balthica
Macoma balthica
Hardshell tellin
Baltic tellin
Baltic macoma
Collection ID:
Z555.1.112
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 5 specimens. 3 have both bivalve sides still connected. 1 left valve, 1 right valve but are both clearly different sizes and colours so therefore from different animals. Irregularly oval in shape with fine concentric lines. Varies in colour from yellows to pinks and some have a small number of darker bands. The inner surface is glossy. It burrows into soft substrata and is found intertidally.
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.180) |