Description
Two patellate, marine limpet shells. The shells are tan in color, with an ivory color inside. Externally, the shells have many radiating ribs. On the top of the shells, there is a subcentral keyhole-like opening, the edge of which is lighter in coloring. Internally, the keyhole-like opening is surrounded by a thick, white layer of shell.
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
