Gyroscala rupicola, 21-354K


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Description

One turbinate, marine snail shell. The interior of the shell is an ivory color. The exterior of the shell has a base color of ivory with a dark brown bands visible on the body whorl and is with ribs. The shell has seven convex whorls and deep, well-defined sutures. The shell is dextral with an oval shaped aperture and thick lips that are slightly reflected onto the base of the shell.


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
Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists