Villosa vibex, 21-389


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Description

Five valves in total with four comprising two complete freshwater mussel specimens. The valves are light brown in color and have markings of darker and lighter brown on the exterior of the shells. Growth lines and horizontal striations cover the shell, there are also dashes of green that run horizontal from the hinge. The shells reach a white pearlescent color near the hinge. The interior of the shells are an off-white color with a slightly iridescent 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
Santee Canal, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists