Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Limaria hians
Lima hians
Gaping fileclam
gaping file shale
Collection ID:
Z555.1.158
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 2 specimens. Flat, oval and fairly long, both specimens are valve, 1 left, 1 right from different animals. They are off-white in colour and have both visible concentric growth lines and radiating striae. Both also have breakages which have been taped by R.R. Likely to be found on western shore lines and create 'nests' among stones or in the holdfast of Laminaria.
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.194) |
