Neritina virginea, 21-374A


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Description

Two lenticular saltwater marine snail shells. The shells have color bands that are black and dark purple, the purple is more toward the apices. There are white spots running from the body whorls to the apices. There are four whorls with shallow sutures. The apertural side is white. The aperture is dextral and "D" shaped.


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
Brazil
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists