Gibbula magus, 21-555


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Description

Four trochoid marine snail shells. The exteriors are dull and range in color from white and beige to varying shades of brown. (21-555.1 has rust color bands.) Internally, the shells an iridescent white. The shells have six whorls, deep, well-defined sutures, and are covered with nodules and spiral raised lines. The periostracum has flaked off of some areas of the shells, revealing a slightly reflective and slightly iridescent material. The dextral shells have oval shaped apertures and open umbilici.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
  • Museum National d'Historie Naturelle
People
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists