Description
Eight saltwater clam valves. Six of the valves pair to make their original bivalve form with two unmatched valves remaining. The exterior coloring varies from a creamy-white, to a dark tan, and a peachy-pink (21-428.1). Striae are also visible on the exteriors. The interiors of the shells are a creamy-white with visible ventral margins and muscle scars.
Subject
Details
- Date
- 1810
- Creator
- Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
- Contributor
- Brumby, Richard Trapier, 1804-1875
- Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
- People
- Brumby, Richard Trapier, 1804-1875
- Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
- Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
- Coverage
- Gulf of Mexico
- Relations
- Historic Southern Naturalists
