Phasianella australis, 21-530


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Description

One turbinate, marine snail shell. The exterior is tan to beige and slightly reflective with color bands that are a reddish-brown that form a dashed pattern horizontally around the shell. The interior is cream. The shell has six whorls, deep, well-defined sutures, and is covered with transverse growth lines. The dextral shell has an oval-shaped aperture.


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
  • Museum National d'Historie Naturelle
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Australia
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists