Cornu apertus, 21-150


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Description

Three globose, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are light brown in color and have three whorls each. The body whorls are significantly larger than the others. The shells are smooth overall, with growth lines on each whorl and lighter bases. The shells are dextral with wide, oval-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
Sicily, Sicily, Italy
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists