Record

Collection	ABDUZ University of Aberdeen, Zoology Museum
Object Name	Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
	Common Piddock
	Pholas
	Pholadidae
	Myida
	Bivalvia
Object Number	ABDUZ:7992
Other Number	RN:7992, MOL:04.03.231, Dawson Cat No. 154
Other Number Type	Biocode & Record Number
Creator	UOA\s04hc6
Brief Description	Dry, mollusc shell only (both valves present).
Dimensions	(Largest Shell) L: 63 x W: 20mm
Materials	Organic, shell
Condition	Fair
Colour	White
Completeness	Complete
Place Key	United Kingdom, Wales, Pembrokeshire, Tenby
Field Collector	Jordan, H. K. (1838 - 1923)
Inscription Content	Original label accompanying specimens 'Pholas dactylus'.
Publication Note	Copy of Dawson, Robert. 1870. 'Catalogue of The Mollusca of the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Moray, and the Neighbouring Seas'. Page 22, Genus XXIII Pholas, Entry 1.
Aquisition Source	Dawson, Robert.

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