Elliptio jayensis, 21-281


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Description

Thirteen complete freshwater bivalves. Four of the bivalves are sealed closed with nine bivalves matching but not attached are present (18 valves). The shells are auriform in shape with colors ranging from dark tan, black, gray to white in combinations. The umbos are typically white, but coloration patterns vary with some showing swirls, color bands, and flaking. Growth lines are present and occasionally raised. The interiors of the shells are dull iridescent white nacre (mother of pearl) and have visible 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
Florida, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists