Polymita muscarum, 21-187


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Description

Five lenticular, terrestrial shells. The shells have three whorls and a glossy appearance. Coloration consists of an off-white color with dark brown and tan color bands. Dark brown spots give some of the shells ornamentation. A spot of pink appears inside the aperture on the base. The shells are dextral with 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
Cuba
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists