Elimia virginica, 21-556


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Description

Three turbinate freshwater snail shells. The exteriors are tan to brown and have a dull appearance. The periostracum near the shells' apices has worn off leaving the area white. Internally, the shells are white. The shells have four whorls, deep sutures, transverse growth lines, and shallow striae that grow dark brown near the apertures. The dextral 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
New Jersey, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists