Description
Twenty-one lenticular in total (12 pictured), marine snail shells. The shells are lavender purple and white. The shells have approximately two to three whorls each. Coloration is mostly white on top, but purple underneath. The shells have growth lines and vertical striations. The apertures are mostly ""D"" shaped, but some have intricate curves inside the aperture.
Subject
Details
- Date
- 1810
- Creator
- Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
- Contributor
- Harvey, William Henry, 1811-1866
- Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
- Wurdemann, Dr. John George F., 1810-1849
- People
- Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
- Harvey, William Henry, 1811-1866
- Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
- Wurdemann, Dr. John George F., 1810-1849
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
- Coverage
- Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States
- Relations
- Historic Southern Naturalists
