Physa fontinalis, 21-562


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Description

Ten turbinate freshwater snail shells. The exteriors are transparent, reflective and white to cream in color. The shells have three whorls, deep, well-defined sutures, and transverse growth lines. The sinistral 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
Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists