Mercenaria mercenaria, 21-284


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Description

One large marine valve. The dorsal side is reddish-tan, white, and dark brown in color with slightly raised growth lines. The ventral side is cream-white with a purple spot at the ventral margin and noticeable muscle scars.


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