Elliptio arctata, 21-471


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Description

Twenty-one freshwater mussel valves comprising ten complete and one incomplete specimens. Specimen 21-471-18 is in three pieces. The exteriors are grey and brown with visible growth lines. Some of the specimens have white at the umbos due to flaking. The interiors of the valves are iridescent white and tan. The hinges are shallow and there are slightly visible muscle scars and wide 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
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists