Gongylostoma elegans, 21-031


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Description

Nineteen turriform, terrestrial snail shells. The coloration varies by whorl from white to gray to light brown. Each shell has eleven whorls with little to no ornamentation. The shells are smooth with tiny vertical striations. The shells are dextral with circular shaped apertures.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
People
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Cuba
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists