Urosalpinx cinerea, 21-354L


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Description

Two turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are tan to ivory in color on the exterior with an ivory interior. The shells are covered with growth lines, striations, and ribs. The shell has varices that are light brown in color. Both of the shells have seven convex whorls with deep, well-defined sutures. The shells have oval shaped apertures terminating in a siphonal canal. The shells are dextral with thin lips. The outer lip is fluted. The shells also have pointed apices.


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