Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Buccinum undatum
Buccinum undatum
Whelk
waved whelk
edible European whelk
common whelk
common northern whelk
buckie
cod buckie [South Ronaldsay]
slaevery buckie
Collection ID:
Z555.1.102
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 5 specimens, ranging in size from small to large. Several still have their operculum intact and preserved. Conical, with well defined whorls and strong crescent shaped costae (ridges) as well as spiralling striae. Can be found most abundantly in the sublittoral.
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.193) |
