Description
One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is tan to ivory in color, with a white color inside. The shell has brown streaks. The shell is covered with growth lines and striations. The shell has five whorls and shallow, well-defined sutures. The shell has an oval shaped aperture, and thin lips. The shell is dextral and has a pointed apex.
Subject
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
- Charleston Neck, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Relations
- Historic Southern Naturalists