Lunella torquata, 21-376


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Description

One large lenticular saltwater marine snail shell. The shell light brown, tan, and gray. There are two whorls with visibly deep striae running from the sutures to the outer edge. There appears to be worm casings on the dorsal side. The aperture is dextral and circular shaped. The shell has an open, deep umbilicus.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
  • Phillips, John H., 1800-1874
People
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
  • Phillips, John H., 1800-1874
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Australia
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists