Mercenaria campechiensis, 21-285


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Description

Two large marine valves, forming one complete bivalve. The valves are a cream, gray, and white in color. Growth lines run horizontally across the valves on both the dorsal and ventral sides. Specimen 21-285.1 has a pinkish red stain on the dorsal side.


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