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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Aequipecten opercularis
Chlamys opercularis
The queen scallop
Common scallop
gimmer shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.88
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 1 specimen. Not in a box, loose in drawer 8. 1 left valve. It is pinkish purple in colour and has some Balanus balanus epibionts.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

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