Turbo castanea, 21-288


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Description

Two marine snail shells. The shells are ovate to conic in shape with three to four whorls. The coloring consists of orange, brown and off-white. Both shells have growth lines and small nodules that run in the same direction. The shells are dextral with nearly circular 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
  • Florida
  • West Indies
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists