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:
Z555.1.105
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 2 very large specimens. The operculum is present in the larger of the two and the smaller specimens has a pinkish red tinge to its spire and around the aperture.
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.182) |
