Obovaria subrotunda, 21-304


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Description

Six valves comprising three complete freshwater mussels. The shell exteriors are brown to dark brown with iridescent, white, silver, and gold nacre on the interiors. The exteriors are covered with a thick periostracum (flaking in places due to wear), growth lines, and striations. The shells have deep muscle scars and large hinge teeth. The shells are circular with round posterior and 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
Ohio, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists