Star limpet
This limpet shell was collected at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and donated to the museum in 1919. Its scientific name ‘longicosta’ literally means ‘long ribs’ and is so called due to the shape of the shell.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 60/1919/62
- Collection Class
- Molluscs
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Jewell, Miss Florence (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- star limpet
- Simple Name
- mollusc: shell
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
