Description
Ten ellipse-shaped freshwater mussel valves, comprising five complete specimens. The exterior of the valves is very dark brown to dark green with thick growth lines radiating from the hinge. There are areas of a lighter tan color near the hinge. The interior of the shell is off-white to light green in color with an iridescent hue.
Subject
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
- Calaveras River, Calaveras County, California, United States
- Tuolumne River, Tuolumne County, California, United States
- Relations
- Historic Southern Naturalists
