Description
Two valves forming a complete freshwater bivalve. The valves are a dark brown, reddish brown, to tan in color. The umbos are white due to wear. There are visible growth lines on both valves. The interiors of the valves are an iridescent white, pink, and green (mother of pearl).
Subject
Details
- Date
- 1810
- Creator
- Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
- Contributor
- Couper, James Hamilton, 1794-1866
- Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
- People
- Couper, James Hamilton, 1794-1866
- Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
- Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
- Coverage
- Altamaha River, Georgia, United States
- Relations
- Historic Southern Naturalists