Akera bullata, 21-113


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Description

Three obovate, marine snail shell fragments. The shells are white and gray in color and extremely fragile. The shells have approximately three whorls. The shells are mostly smooth, with growth lines throughout. The shells are dextral, with elongated, teardrop-shaped apertures. The shells were stored in a paper match box. The box has green sides, a yellow top with an orange sunset, and a green bottom.


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
Coast of Morbihan, Brittany, France
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists