Littorina obtusata, 21-210


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Description

Thirty-nine globose, marine snail shells. The shells range in color from off-white to tan and have approximately four to five whorls that reach a flattened apex. The shells are covered in faint growth lines and striations. The shells are dextral with nearly circular apertures and thickened outer lips.


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
New England
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists