Melampus bidentatus, 21-037


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Description

Thirteen obovate, terrestrial snail shells. The shells range in color from white to dark gray. There are approximately four whorls on each shell (the number is difficult to determine as the whorls have been worn, over time). The shells are smooth with little ornamentation. Some have vertical striations along the whorls. The interior surface of some shells have raised lines which can be seen in the aperture. The shells are dextral with ""teardrop"" 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
South Carolina
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists