Epitonium multistriatum, 21-103


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Description

One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is white with eight whorls. The shell has deep sutures between each whorl and raised vertical striations along each whorl. The shell's raised striations are whiter in color than the rest of the shell. The shell is dextral, with an oval-shaped aperture.


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, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists