Description
Two turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are tan to ivory in color, with an ivory color inside. The shells have a glossy appearance. The shells have three whorls and shallow sutures. The shells have oval shaped apertures and thin lips that are reflected onto their bases. The shells are dextral and have blunt apices.
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
- Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Relations
- Historic Southern Naturalists
