Globularia sigaretina, 21-333


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Description

One globose, marine snail shell. The shell is off-white in color with a slightly glossy appearance. The shell has six whorls with a very large body whorl. Faint vertical growth lines radiating from the apex cover the shell. The shell is dextral with a tear-drop shaped aperture. The umbilicus of the shell is closed and the inner lip of the aperture is slightly thickened and reflected onto the base.


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
  • Museum National d'Historie Naturelle
People
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Grignon, France
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists