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Specimen, shell

Other name(s): 
Skeneopsis planorbis
Skeneopsis planorbis
Planorb skenea
flat skenea
Flat coiled shell
Collection ID: 
Z555.1.46
Collection: 
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 4 specimens. Minute, grey, coiled shell with a slightly depressed centre spire. Can be found on fine algae and around corallines but it's rarely found in winter.

Field collection

CollectorRobert Rendall

References

Reference literatureRendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.159)