Potomida littoralis, 21-385


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Description

Four freshwater valves comprising two complete mussel specimens. The shells' exteriors are dark brown in color, reaching white near the hinges. Valves 21-385.1 and 21-385.2 also reach a white color near the edges of the shells. The valves are covered in radiating horizontal growth lines and thin striations. The interior of the shells is a slightly glossy white color.


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
France, Seine River
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists