Pyganodon grandis, 21-352


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Description

Four valves comprising two complete freshwater mussel specimens. The valves are brown to green in color, with an iridescent, silver to white color inside. The valves have silver interior nacre and a thick periostracum. The periostracum is beginning to wear off of the shells. The valves are elongated and are covered with growth lines and striations. The valves have shallow muscle scars and very small hinge teeth. The shells are elliptical in shape and have pointed posterior edges and rounded anterior edges.


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
Mississippi, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists