Elliptio angustata, 21-312


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Description

Two valves comprising one freshwater mussel. The exteriors are dark brown with a thick periostracum that is flaking due to wear. The interiors have an iridescent silver nacre, shallow muscle cars and small hinge teeth. The elliptical shaped shells are elongated and covered with growth lines and striations. The valves have pointed posterior edges and slightly pointed anterior edges.


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
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists