Elliptio icterina, 21-430


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Description

Fourteen freshwater mussels, seven complete specimens. The exteriors of the shells vary in color from black-brown, tan, red-brown, to white with visible striae and chipping at the umbo. The interiors of the shells are a pearlescent white with a pink and green sheen. The ventral margins and muscle scars are visible.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
  • Couper, James Hamilton, 1794-1866
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
People
  • Couper, James Hamilton, 1794-1866
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
  • Altamaha River,Georgia, United States
  • South Carolina, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists