Elliptio folliculata, 401A


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Description

Sixteen valves comprising six complete freshwater mussels and four additional valves. The shells are light to dark brown and black in color. Subtle growth lines appear along the exterior of the shells. The periostracum is flaking off, especially around the umbos. Shallow muscle scars are visible on the interior of the shells which are iridescent with areas of light brown. The ellipse shaped shells have very small hinge teeth. The shells have rounded anterior edges and pointed posterior edges. The shells are covered with a brown dirt that gives them a rusty appearance.


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
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists