Terebra dislocata, 21-065


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Description

  • Twenty-six turriform, marine snail shells. The colors of the shells are pale pink, a light shade of tan and gray. There are approximately twenty whorls
  • however, the whorls fade tremendously approaching the apex. The ornamentation on these shells is detailed. Each whorl contains raised growth lines and vertical striations. Some shells have variations of color from whorl to whorl, for example, white to black. 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/Bay Point
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists