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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Thracia villosiuscula
Thracia villosiuscula
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.213
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 specimens. 1 with both valves still attached, 1 left valve and 1 right valve, but given their size difference are unlikely to be from the same animal. Oval in shape with a squarer posterior edge. White in colour and fairly thin with visible concentric growth lines. Can be found in sand and gravel on the lower shore to a depth of approx. 60m.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.189)