Figured: S M Smith
Length: 15 mm


Common living on the Hebrides Slope especially in a current. Marshall's specimens are believed to be from deep water off the Butt of Lewis. Fossil shells not uncommon in the North Minch. The record by R Preece from the Shiant Isles is probably such a fossil. Other records have proved to be juvenile Glycymeris glycymeris.
Collections: NMSZ, NMW, SAMS

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