Leptodea ochracea, 21-437


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Description

Two freshwater mussel valves (one complete specimen). The exteriors are dark brown to brown with dark green color bands, deep growth lines and striations. The thin periostracum is flaking at the umbos due to wear. The interiors are an iridescent, silver to white color. The shells have deep muscle scars and small hinge teeth. The elliptical shells have rounded posterior and anterior edges.


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, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists