Nerita tessellata, 21-511


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Description

One lenticular sea snail shell. The exterior of the shell is a dull white with black color bands running transverse each whorl giving a checkered effect. The apex of the shell is white. The shell has five to six whorls with deep, distinct sutures. The dextral shell has a large tear drop shaped aperture with numerous small teeth on the interior of the lip, which is not reflected.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
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
West Indies
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists