Ovula ovum, 21-419


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Description

One saltwater cowrie shell. The exterior of the shell is white with a few tan and black smudges with the interior a dark tan. The columellar side is rounded. The aperture is elongated and teeth only on the labrum side.


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
Moluccas, Indonesia
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists