02 Trivia arctica

Ovoid with flatter apertural/ventral face. Some vernacular names liken it to coffee bean (Dutch, French) or kernel of oats (Scots).

L: left side profile. R: right side profile.

1: approximate position of enveloped spire at posterior of animal.

2: ventral/apertural face white.

3: pinkish shell-material deposited in grooves on dorsum.

4: no lip on body-whorl on left of aperture.

5: thickened white labial varix on right side near outer lip.

Height (longest shell-dimension) 11.2 mm. Ardnamurchan, Scotland. April 1976.

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Uploaded on January 1, 2018
Taken in January 2016