Pleurobema rubrum, 21-362


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Description

Two marine freshwater valves that complete one whole bivalve. The shells are dark brown and white at the umbo and gradually turn to a lighter brown toward the edge on the dorsal side. The ventral portion is a pearlescent white with a pink and green sheen. There are muscle scars present and a wide/ thick ventral margin.


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
Tennessee
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists