Pholas dactylus, 21-324


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Description

Two valves comprising one complete saltwater clam. The exteriors are brown, tan and ivory. The interiors are a slightly iridescent, silver to white color. The shells have a small amount of silver interior nacre and a thin periostracum that has is flaking on the umbos due to wear. The shells are very elongated and covered with growth lines, striations, and small nodules. The shells have very shallow muscle scars and small hinge teeth. The shells are elliptical in shape, with large, pointed, beaked 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
England
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists