Chama pacifica, 21-416


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Description

One marine saltwater valve. The shell is tan in color with raised and rigid costae on the dorsal side. The ventral side is also tan. There are visible muscle scars, and the pallial line is also visible. The ventral margin has a prominent ridge around it.


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
East Indies
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists