Elimia catenaria, 21-527


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Description

Fifteen turbinate, freshwater snail shells. The exteriors are brown to tan with a dull appearance. Internally, the shells are cream and are slightly iridescent. The periostracum has flaked off of the apices of the shells. The shells have eight whorls, deep, well-defined sutures, and are covered in nodules and spiral raised lines. The dextral shells have oval-shaped apertures.


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
  • Florida, United States
  • Georgia, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists