Elliptio crassidens, 21-472


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Description

Four freshwater mussel valves comprising two complete specimens. The exteriors are dark brown toward the umbos and turn to a lighter brown toward the outer edge. There are visible growth lines and white at the umbos due to wear. The interior of the valves are a matte cream white with deep hinges and distinct muscle scars.


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