Cepaea hortensis, 21-254


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Description

Eleven lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. A representative shell has four whorls with shallow, but noticeable, sutures and two thick dark brown color bands. The shells have a great variety of ornamentation. Four of the shells are a consistent shade of tan with no color banding but with fine growth lines. The remaining seven shells exhibit dark brown stripes numbering from two to five. The shells are dextral with elliptical shaped apertures and thin white lips.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
  • Museum National d'Historie Naturelle
People
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
  • France
  • Massachusetts, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists