Elliptio dariensis, 21-436


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Description

Six articulated freshwater clam valves (three complete specimens). The exteriors are dark brown in color with visible growth lines and areas of iridescent white at the umbo and chipped areas. The interiors are an iridescent white with visible muscle scars and ventral margins.


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
Georgia, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists