Lithopoma caelatum, 21-382


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Description

One trochoid, marine snail shell. The shell is off-white to tan in color with brown and brownish green dashes. There are approximately seven whorls covered in striae and radiating costae. The apex of the shell is much smoother than the rest of the exterior. The shell is dextral, with an oval shaped aperture. Inside the aperture, there is a glossy coating, and the umbilicus is closed.


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
Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists