Pleurobema rubrum, 21-396


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Description

Thirteen valves, six complete freshwater mussel specimens and one isolated valve. The exteriors are dark brown at the umbo, fading to a lighter brown near the edges and are covered in growth lines and striations. The periostracum is flaking at the umbos. The interiors are white and slightly iridescent, with deep muscle scars and large hinge teeth. The triangular shaped valves have rounded anterior edges and rounded posterior 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
Kentucky River, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists