Massylaea vermiculata, 21-256


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Description

Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. Coloration consists of a light gray base with five, brown color bands. Ornamentation includes faint growth lines that, within the color bands, appear as dashes creating a streaky appearance overall. The shells are dextral with five whorls, shallow sutures, elliptical shaped apertures, and thin lips.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
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
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists