Cinctura lilium, 21-410


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Description

Two turbinate, marine sea snail shells. The shells are tan in color. Irregular, white veritcal lines surround each whorl from the apex through the body whorl along with sharp narrow bands of dark brown. The apices and siphonal canals of the shells are a reddish-brown color. The shells have eight whorls and well-defined sutures. The shells are dextral with oval shaped apertures. The oval shaped operculum are brown to dark brown in color, covered with striations, and narrow to a point at one end.


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
South Carolina, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists