Phasianotrochus eximius, 21-292


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Description

Two small turbinate, marine saltwater snail shells. The smallest specimen is brown in color and with the larger a grayish-brown. There are approximately five to six whorls per shell with very shallow sutures. The shells are dextral with ""D"" 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
Australia
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists