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  1. Busycon sp.

    Three thick, heavy opercula. Ovate in shape, chestnut-colored with incised grooves.

    Record Type: Object

    Busycon opercula, 21-039. Dorsal and ventral views w/scale bar.
  2. Tectonatica pusilla

    Six globose, marine snail shells. The majority of the lot is white in color with the exception being 21-040B.6, which is a reddish-orange. Each shell has three whorls and little to no ornamentation. The body whorl is very round and wide. The shells are dextral with a smooth exterior and "teardrop" shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Tectonatica pusilla, 21-040B. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  3. Basket, Picnic

    Record Type: Object

    Basket, Picnic
  4. Bostrycapulus aculeatus

    A marine snail shell. Brown in color with a white septum (ledge) underneath. The dorsal side of the shell consists of spiny ornamentation.

    Record Type: Object

    Bostrycapulus aculeatus, 21-051. Dorsal view w/scale bar.
  5. Pyrgocythara plicosa

    Eight turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are whitish-gray in color with five convex whorls on each shell. The shell has distinct ornamentation consisting of axial costae and spiral striae resulting in raised nodules where the two ornamentations meet. The siphonal canal is short and open with a flat anterior edge. The shells are dextral, with "teardrop" shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Pyrgocythara plicosa, 21-054. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  6. Astyris lunata

    Nine turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are grayish-white in color and have five whorls. The shells are predominately smooth and the coloration varies throughout each shell. There are subtle sutures between the whorls. The shells are dextral, with "oval" shaped apertures. There was a slip of paper that came with the specimens that read, "Cerithiopsis Greeni [2 illegible words] / Kurtz S.C."

    Record Type: Object

    Astyris lunata, 21-060. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  7. Sinum perspectivum

    Eleven lenticular, marine snail shells. The shells are white and exhibit two whorls with the body whorl comprising almost the entire shell. There are horizontal lines and vertical striations that run across the shell. Specimen 21-066.8 is brown in color and has an operculum that covers the opening of the shell. The other shells' apertures are sinestral with a oval openings.

    Record Type: Object

    Sinum perspectivum, 21-066. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  8. Lioplax subcarinata

    Two turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are brown in color with approximately three whorls per shell. The ornamentation is simple, with subtle color bands across every whorl of all the shells and the shells being smooth. The shells are dextral with oval-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Lioplax subcarinata, 21-072. Dorsal and apertural view w/scale bar.
  9. Filopaludina bengalensis

    One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is light brown in color with four whorls. The shell has brown and tan color bands travelling horizontally to the apex along the entire shell. The shell is dextral with a "teardrop" shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Filopaludina bengalensis, 21-077. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  10. Bulimulus dealbatus

    Eighteen turbinate, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are primarily white, but with varying color bands of white to gray appearing vertically across each whorl. There are five whorls on each shell. The shells are dextral with "teardrop" shaped apertures that have a slight fold in the columellar lip.

    Record Type: Object

    Bulimulus dealbatus, 21-078. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  11. Cumingia tellinoides

    Eight valves of clam shells. The shells are white in color. The shell is somewhat triangular with smooth ventral margins. Muscle scars are present on the interior.

    Record Type: Object

    Cumingia tellinoides, 21-085. Dorsal and ventral views w/scale bar.
  12. Lanistes boltenianus

    One lenticular, marine snail shell. The shell is brown in color with four whorls. The exterior is smooth, with slightly darker growth lines. The shell is considered to be hyperstrophic sinistral since the snail body would have been dextral but the shell appears sinistral. The shell has a circular shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Lanistes boltenianus, 21-096. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  13. Gemophos auritulus

    One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is white in color. There are proximately four whorls; though accurate accounting is difficult. Tiny holes appear throughout the shell. The ornamentation consists of striae both vertical and horizontal resulting in a grid pattern of raided nodules.and growth bands. The shell is dextral, with an elongated, oval-shaped aperture and a siphonal notch.

    Record Type: Object

    Gemophos auritulus, 21-098. Dorsal view w/scale bar.
  14. Testudinalia testudinalis

    One marine snail shell. The shape is typically patellate with a low dome; however, this specimen has fragmented. The coloration is black and white resembling a tortoise shell pattern. There are fine growth bands (ridges) radiating from the apex.

    Record Type: Object

    Testudinalia testudinalis, 21-102. Ventral view w/scale bar.
  15. Melanopsis costata

    One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell's coloration consists of a mix of dark gray, white and rusty red, in the form of varying color bands. The shell has very subtle sutures separating its three whorls and prominent raised vertical striations on each whorl. The shell is dextral, with a teardrop-shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Melanopsis costata, 21-110. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  16. Phasianella solida

    One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is white to tan in color and with five whorls. The shell has growth bands on each whorl and deeps sutures in between the whorls. The shell is dextral with a teardrop-shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Phasianella solida, 21-111. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  17. Akera bullata

    There are three obovate, marine snail shell fragments. The shells are white and gray in color and extremely fragile. The shells have approximately three whorls. The shells are mostly smooth, with growth lines throughout. The shells are dextral, with elongated, teardrop-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Akera bullata, 21-113. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  18. Architectonica perspectiva

    Four lenticular, marine snail shells. The shells are tan in color with thin brown and white color bands. Brown dashes and growth lines spiral with the shells whorls, with the same dash pattern on the bases and inside of the umbilici. The shells have approximately five whorls that reach a flattened apex. The shells are dextral with oval shaped apertures. The umbilici are completely open and there appears to be denticles that wind up the umbilici.

    Record Type: Object

    Architectonica perspectiva, 21-114. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  19. Truncatella costata

    There are two turbinate, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are white in color with four whorls. The shells have growth lines and subtle sutures between whorls. The shells have a rounded (or truncated) apex. The shells are dextral, with oval-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Truncatella costata, 21-116. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  20. Bulla ampulla

    One bulloid, marine snail shell. The shell has one globose, inflated, moderately solid body whorl. Coloration consists of brown and white spots with small patches of black. The shell has vertical growth lines and the shell's interior is white. The shell is dextral with an elongated, teardrop-shaped aperture. The aperture runs the length of the shell and the outer lip extends beyond the apex.

    Record Type: Object

    Bulla ampulla, 21-118. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  21. Haminoea hydatis

    One bulloid, marine snail shell. The shell is white with one whorl. There are vertical growth lines on the shell and slight orange coloration around the edges. The shell is dextral, with elongated, oval-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Haminoea hydatis, 21-119. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  22. Melanopsis laevigata

    Two turriform, marine snail shells. The shells are dark brown in color with six whorls. The shells are dark in color and have color bands that get darker. The whorls are black and the bottom-most whorl is a lighter shade of brown. The shells have vertical striations throughout and growth lines. The shells are dextral with teardrop-shaped apertures. Thin outer lip, the inner lip has a smooth parietal callus.

    Record Type: Object

    Melanopsis laevigata, 21-120. Apertural and dorsal views w/scale bar.
  23. Alvania beanii

    Fifteen turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are gray in color with approximately five whorls. The shells have growth lines and deep sutures between whorls. The shells are dextral with oval-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Alvania beanii, 21-124. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  24. Mesodon clausus

    Forty trochoid, terrestrial snail shells. The shells vary in size from tiny to medium with each having approximately four whorls. The coloration is white and gray with growth lines present on each whorl. The shells are dextral, with oval-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Mesodon clausus, 21-131. Apical and apertural view w/scale bar.
  25. Cistula catenata

    One trochoid, terrestrial snail shell. The shell has four whorls and is off-white in color. The ornamentation includes dark brown dashed lines surrounding the whorls. The whorls are separated by deep sutures. The shell is dextral with a circular aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Cistula catenata, 21-132. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  26. Crassispira fuscescens

    One turriform, marine snail shell. The shell is brown in color with white coloration throughout. The shell has approximately seven whorls. The ornamentation consists of an intricate pattern of raised vertical striations and growth lines that run perpendicular to the vertical striations. The shell is dextral with a teardrop shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Crassispira fuscescens, 21-137. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  27. Polygyra postelliana

    Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are light brown in color with seven whorls. There are growth bands on each whorl. The shells give the appearance of coiled rope rising slightly in the center at the apices. The umbilici of the shells are open. The shells are dextral with angular apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Polygyra postelliana, 21-143. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  28. Oxychilus draparnaudi

    Two lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are off-white to yellowish in color and appear to be slightly transparent. Each of the shells have five whorls with growth lines. The umbilicus of both shells are open. The shells are dextral with oval-shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Oxychilus draparnaudi, 21-146. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  29. Cochlicella conoidea

    One trochoid, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is off-white in color with five whorls. Each whorls has chestnut color bands and growth lines. The shell is dextral and has a misshapened, oval aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Cochlicella conoidea, 21-151. Apical view w/scale bar.
  30. Helix discolor

    One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is tan in color with three whorls and growth lines around each whorl. The shell is dextral with an oval-shaped aperture. The outer lip of the aperture is thicker and reflected back on the body whorl.

    Record Type: Object

    Helix discolor, 21-155. Basal view w/scale bar.
  31. Stenotrema leai

    Two lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are white and gray in color with five whorls. Ornamentation consists of growth lines in varying shades of gray and tan. The shells are dextral with misshapened, oval apertures which present a denticle that runs parallel with the inner lip.

    Record Type: Object

    Stenotrema leai, 21-159. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  32. Alabastrina alabastrites

    One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The coloration is white with tan color bands and dashes. The shell has five whorls with shallow sutures. Faint growth lines and striations cover the shell. The shell is dextral with a teardrop shaped aperture and an umbilicus that is completely closed.

    Record Type: Object

    Alabastrina alabastrites, 21-162. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  33. Cerion rubicundum

    One turriform, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is off-white to gray near the apex and body whorl but transitions a pale orange color near the apex. The shell has nine whorls with vertical ribs on each whorl. The shell is dextral with a semi-circular aperture that has a slightly reflected outer lip.

    Record Type: Object

    Cerion rubicundum, 21-167. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  34. Liguus fasciatus

    Fourteen turbinate, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are off white in color with very detailed ornamentations. Thin green color bands wrap around the shells and fade approaching the apices. Darker chestnut-colored bands accompany the sutures to the apices on the shells. Gray-purple stripes run vertically down the shells and perpendicular to the color bands. Dashes of light purple are found across the shells. The shells are dextral with seven ...

    Record Type: Object

    Liguus fasciatus, 21-172. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  35. Triodopsis vannostrandi

    Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are off-white and light brown to tan in color. The shells have five whorls tightly coiled around the open umbilici. The shells have shallow sutures and the apices are flattened. Inside of the apertures are three denticles, they are found with the palatal lip lamella being curved inward. The shells have growth lines and are covered in very tiny tight rib-like striations. The apertures are dext...

    Record Type: Object

    Triodopsis vannostrandi, 21-175. Apertural and basal views w/scale bar.
  36. Caracolus marginella

    Two lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are off-white in color and have a singular dark purple color band on the body whorl which fades to a chestnut color then to yellow at the apex. The shells have four whorls with very shallow sutures. The umbilici are semi-open. The shells are dextral with ellipse-shaped apertures. Inside the apertures are four denticles.

    Record Type: Object

    Caracolus marginella, 21-176. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  37. Cyclophorus semisulcatus

    One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is off-white in color with a singular dark brown color band on the lowest whorl and spots of light brown covering the shell. There are four whorls on the shell with deep sutures and an open umbilicus. The shell is dextral with an semi-circular shaped aperture and a wide, thick inner lip.

    Record Type: Object

    Cyclophorus semisulcatus, 21-179. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  38. Polymita picta

    One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is a bright yellow color with a dark brown color band spiraling from the flattened apex. The shell has three whorls with extremely shallow sutures and very faint growth lines covering the shell. The shell is dextral with a large oval-shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Polymita picta, 21-180. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  39. Eutrochatella pulchella

    Two trochoid, terrestrial snail shells. The coloration of the shells ranges from off-white to gray with darker spots of gray adding minor ornamentation. The shells have six whorls with small nodules covering the body whorls. Striations cover the entire exterior of the shells with some areas having a slightly thicker peristome. The shells are dextral with oval shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Eutrochatella pulchella, 21-181. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  40. Inflectarius inflectus

    Three lenticular, terrestrial shells. The shells are off-white in color and have a depressed and imperforate form. There are very faint growth lines on the shells. The shells are dextral with irregularly shaped apertures. The outer lips of the apertures are reflected back on to the body whorl of the shells. Inside the apertures are three denticles with the basal denticles outside of the apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Inflectarius inflectus, 21-184. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  41. Zonitoides nitida

    Six lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are tan in color with darker coloring near the apices. There are four whorls each covered in radial growth lines and the apices are nearly flat. The shells are dextral with oval-shaped apertures and completely open umbilici.

    Record Type: Object

    Zonitoides nitida, 21-186. Apical and basal views of specimen.
  42. Monacha cantiana

    Five lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are cream to white in color with five whorls. Small umbilici are present on the base of the shells and very faint growth lines and striations appear along the exterior of the shells. The shells are dextral with semi-circular shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Monacha cantiana, 21-191. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  43. Bradybaena similaris - 1826

    Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells have five whorls and are light brown in color with a single chestnut color band. The exterior is covered in growth lines and fine spiral striations. The shells are dextral with "D" shaped apertures and the lips of the apertures are slightly reflected.

    Record Type: Object

    Bradybaena similaris, 21-193. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  44. Anguispira mordax

    Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are off-white in color with flattened apices and completely open umbilici. Ornamentation consists of spiraled, raised lines and ribs covering each whorl. The shells are dextral with semi-circular shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Anguispira mordax, 21-198. Apical and basal views w/scale bar.
  45. Haliotis cracherodii

    Two convex, oval-shaped abalone shells. The exterior is dark brown to grey and is covered with striations and growth lines. The interior is varying shades of iridescent greens and purples (mother of pearl) and also shows faint growth lines and striations. There are five open and four closed respiratory apertures along the anterior margins. Two whorls are present with the body whorl being the largest and auriform in shape.

    Record Type: Object

    Haliotis cracherodii, 21-201. Internal and external view w/scale bar.
  46. Gastropoda (indeterminate)

    Sixteen globose snail shells. The shells are varying shades of tan and brown and have three whorls, with the body whorl being significantly larger. The shells are covered with very faint growth lines, are dextral, and have tear drop shaped apertures.

    Record Type: Object

    Gastropoda (indeterminate), 21-204. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  47. Rutile

    One stout twinned tabular crystal of black submetallic rutile, with no striations on the crystal faces.

    Record Type: Object

    Rutile, 2159.
  48. Modulus modulus

    Eight trochoid, marine snail shells. The shells are light tan in color with spiraling purple to chestnut dashes. The shells have approximately five whorls that reach a flattened apex. The whorls are covered in very faint nodules that merge to form deep striations on the base of the shells. The shells are dextral with oval-like apertures and slightly open umbilici.

    Record Type: Object

    Modulus modulus, 21-212. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.
  49. Telescopium telescopium

    One conical, marine snail shell. The shell is off-white to tan in color with signs previously being a dark brown. The shell has approximately nine whorls, extremely shallow sutures and forms a very tight cone shape. The shell has faint growth lines and striations that cover its exterior. The shell is dextral with a broken ellipse shaped aperture.

    Record Type: Object

    Telescopium telescopium, 21-219. Apertural view w/scale bar.
  50. Cerithium eburneum

    Two turriform, marine snail shells. The shells are off-white in color with some orange-brown spots appearing in no defined pattern. Spiral lines of light colored nodules appear around the shell, however smaller noduled lines appear interspersed between the larger noduled lines.The shells are dextral with eleven whorls and oval-like apertures and siphonal notches.

    Record Type: Object

    Cerithium eburneum, 21-222. Dorsal and apertural views w/scale bar.

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