Epioblasma triquetra, 21-392


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Description

Four valves which form two complete freshwater mussel specimens. The valves are tan in color with greenish hues on the exterior and reach a darker brown to black color near the hinges. The exterior of the valves have an angled arch that gives them a triangular shape. Thin striations radiate from the hinges of the valves. The interior of the shells are white in color with a slight pearlescent hue.


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
Ohio, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists