Phasianella australis, 21-565


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Description

One turbinate marine snail shell. The exterior is tan with red and brown color streaks and dark red color bands. The interior is cream in color. The shell is smooth with a slightly dull appearance. The shell has five 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
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Australia
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists