Steromphala umbilicalis, 21-528


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Description

One lenticular, marine snail shell. The exterior is gray to tan with reddish color bands and has a dull appearance. Internally, the shell is white and iridescent. The shell has four whorls with shallow sutures and is covered with transverse growth lines. The dextral shell has a rounded aperture and an open umbilicus.


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
England
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists