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Abra alba
Five oval shaped marine valves, (includes one complete bivalve). The shells are off-white in color with a pale brown periostracum. The posterior and anterior margins are smooth and rounded. The interiors of the shells are white with a glossy appearance. The shells are marked with faint horizontal growth lines.
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Achatina fulica
One turbinate, terrestrial snail shell. The coloration is white with light brown spotting. There are six whorls on the shell with vertical striations and tiny little dents throughout the shell. The shell is dextral with a "teardrop" shaped aperture.
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Acteocina canaliculata
One bulloid, marine snail shell. The exterior is ivory in color with a glossy appearance. The shell has three whorls, shallow sutures, and a short spire. The dextral shell has a long aperture that is wide anteriorly and narrow posteriorly and thin lips.
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Actinonaias ligamentina
Two valves comprising one complete freshwater mussel. The exteriors are vary shades of brown with a thick periostracum that is flaking due to wear. The interiors have a white, slightly iridescent nacre. The oval shaped valves have deep growth lines, deep muscle scars, large hinge teeth, and striations. The valves have pointed posterior edges and rounded anterior edges.
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Agriopoma morrhuanum
Two isolated left clam valves. Inflated umbo with delicate concentric striae.
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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.
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Alasmidonta undulata
Two freshwater mussel valves comprising one complete specimen. The exteriors are brown with pronounced growth lines. There are also lighter brown lines going down vertically across the specimen. Hinge is shallow and neither the pallial line nor the muscle scars are distinct.
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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.
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Alvania punctura
Sixteen turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are gray in color with five whorls. Onamentation consists of vertical striations and growth lines. The sutures between whorls are deep and darker in color. The shells are dextral, with oval-shaped apertures.
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Amblema plicata
Four freshwater mussel valves (one complete freshwater specimen and two partials). The exteriors are dark brown, brown, and tan in color with and a thick periostracum that is flaking due to wear. The interiors are an iridescent, silver to white nacre. The auriform shaped shells are elongated and covered with growth lines, striations, and pronounced costae. The shells have moderately sized muscle scars, large hinge teeth, and rounded anterior and...
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Amblema plicata
Four freshwater mussel valves comprising two complete specimens. The exteriors are dark brown in color with thick periostracum that is flaking due to wear. The interiors are a slightly iridescent, silver to white color with a small amount of silver interior nacre. The periostracum on the umbos of the shells is flaking off due to wear. The shells are elongated and are covered with growth lines, striations, and pronounced costae. The auriform shape...
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Americoliva sayana
Ten obovate, marine snail shells. The shells are light brown with dark brown spots and exhibit a glossy finish. There are approximately seven whorls on each shell. The ornamentation consists of different colorations. There are a few raised lines toward the axis of coiling on each shell. The shells have vertical striations running across the widest whorl. The shells are dextral with narrow teardrop apertures that extend almost the length of the sh...
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Americoliva sayana
Isolated marine snail shell. Externally the shell is cylindrical and smooth with faint growth lines and a channeled suture on a low spire. The aperture is long and the inner lip is ridged and there is a deep notch at the base. This specimen is abraded and filled with gray sedimentary matrix.
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Amnicola pallida
Two turbinate freshwater snail shells. The exteriors are gray, covered in transverse growth lines, and slightly reflective in appearance. The shells are dextral with three whorls, and deep, well-defined sutures. The shells have oval-shaped apertures.
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Ampelita sepulchralis
Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are light brown with a deep brown to maroon color bands. The colors lighten apically. The shells have four whorls, are rounded with shallow sutures, and show light striations throughout. The shells are dextral with rounded, oval-shaped apertures.
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Amphibola crenata
Two trochoid snail shells that are marine and terrestrial. The exteriors are dull and gray to brown in color. Internally, the shells are tan to brown. The shells have three to four whorls, deep, well-defined sutures, and are covered with slightly raised transverse growth lines. The dextral shells have oval shaped apertures and slightly open umbilici.
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Anadara brasiliana
One valve of a clam shell. It is ovoid and slightly triangular in shape. The anterior end is rounded showing slight damage. A large beak is present with a straight hinge line. The valve is white in color and partially covered in in periostracum. There are smooth ribs on the left side of the valve with beaded ribs on the right.
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Ancillaria altile
Three isolated gastropod shells in fair to poor condition. All exhibit a compressed spire, an inflated shoulder on the body whorl, an ovate aperture, and a conspicuously large callous on the inner lip. External morphology is uncertain due to preservation, however faint growth lines are present on the largest shell, while small paired ribs are apparent on the smallest.
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Angiola lineata
Eight turbinate, marine snail shells. The ornamentation on the exterior is smooth and the interior displays lirae inside the outer lip. The shells are tan in color with multiple narrow, dark brown transverse lines along each of the six whorls. The whorls are separated by fine sutures and the body whorl is inflated. The shells are dextral, with oval-shaped apertures and a siphonal notch.
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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.
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Anisus vortex
Twenty-one involute freshwater snail shells. The exteriors are tan to brown in color with approximately five whorls. The flat, disc shaped, dextral shells have a slightly glossy appearance, transverse growth lines and circular apertures.
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Anodonta cygnea
Two freshwater mussel valves, one complete specimen. The exteriors are varying shades of brown, ranging from tan to dark brown and are covered with growth lines. The periostracum is flaking, especially around their umbos. There is a large crack down the right-side of 21-408.1. Valve 21-408.2 is broken into four fragments. The interiors are an iridescent, silver to white color with very shallow muscle scars and no visible hinge teeth. The ellipse ...
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Anodonta nuttalliana
Fourteen freshwater mussel valves, seven complete specimens. The exteriors range from dark to medium brown, gray, and olive green in color and are covered with growth lines. The periostracum is flaking nearing the umbos. The interiors exhibit an iridescent, silver to white color with very shallow muscle scars, and no visible hinge teeth. The triangularly shaped shells have large wing-shaped shelves near the umbos, rounded anterior edges and round...
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Anomia argentaria
Isolated valve of a marine clam. The shell is very thin and nearly circular. The broken margin exhibits bright silver luster referenced in the species name. Exterior morphology is marked by very fine concentric striae.
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Aporrhais pespelecani
Four turriform shaped marine snail shells with a multi-pointed outer lip. The shells are off-white and light tan in color. The shells have eight whorls separated by deep sutures and nodules on each whorl. The apertures appear narrow and oddly shaped.
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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.
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Arcidens confragosus
Two valves comprising one complete freshwater mussel. The shells are elliptical, and the exteriors show a range of colors from dark brown and tan to green. The anterior edge of the shells is rounded, and the posterior edge of the shells is squared. The interiors of the shells are an iridescent, silver to white nacre. Deep growth lines, striations, and nodules cover the shells. The thick periostracum on the nodules of the shells has flaked off due...
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Ariophanta laevipes
One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is off-white to slightly tan in color with chestnut color bands and five whorls. There is a dark black spot near the apex of the shell and faint growth lines. The shell is sinistral with a lunate and diagonal aperture.
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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."
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Atrypa reticularis
Large sample of gray limestone packed with bryozoans, large crinoid stems, and a single shell of Atrypa reticularis with fine ribbing and a wide hinge.
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Barnea subtruncata
Two valves comprising one complete marine bivalve. The shells are tan to ivory in color, with a slightly iridescent, silver to ivory color inside. The shells have a small amount of silver interior nacre and a thin periostracum. The shells have patches of brown periostracum near their edges. The shells are elongated, ellipses with blunt beaked anterior edges and are covered with growth lines, striations, and small nodules. The shells have very sha...
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Bivalvia (indeterminate)
Two valves comprising one complete specimen. The shells are tan to ivory in color, with a silver to white color inside. The shells are translucent, indicating a thin periostracum. The shells have patches of brown periostracum near their edges. The shells are elongated and are covered with fine irregular concentric growth lines and striations. The shells are triangular in shape. The shells have very shallow muscle scars and very small hinge teeth....
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Bivalvia (indeterminate)
Two valves comprising one complete specimen. The exteriors coloration vary from ivory and tan to white in color. The interiors are gray, ivory, and white. The shells have a thick periostracum. that is no longer present over most of the exteriors, although patches of brown periostracum appear on the anterior edges. The shells are covered with growth lines and striations. The shells have very shallow muscle scars and small hinge teeth. The shells a...
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Boonea impressa
One hundred seventy-one turriform, marine snail shells. The shells are gray in color with seven flat whorls. The whorls have distinct sutures and revolving lines. The shells are dextral with "teardrop" shaped apertures and a columellar tooth is present.
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Boonea impressa
One turbinate, marine snail shell. The exterior of the shell is tan to ivory in color with growth lines and striations. The interior of the shell is tan to ivory in color. The shell has five whorls, shallow sutures, a semicircular shaped aperture, and thin lips. The dextral shell has a pointed apex.
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Boonea seminuda
One turriform, marine snail shell. The shell has five whorls and is glossy off-white, gray in color and is translucent. It is textured, with deep sutures between whorls. On each whorl, axial constae are crossed by spiral striae creating nodules where they intersect creating a reticulate pattern of deep rectangles on the shell. The shell is dextral, with a "teardrop" shaped aperture.
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Boreoscala greenlandica
Two turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are white to gray in color with six whorls. There are deep sutures between each whorl, each with raised vertical striations (ribs). Fine horizontal striations run along each whorl. The shells are dextral, with oval-shaped apertures. The larger of the two shells has extensive damage.
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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.
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Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Isolated shell of the slipper snail exhibiting fine, slender costae from the umbilicus to the aperture. Interior shelf covers nearly half the aperture, and is packed with tan sandy matrix.
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Bothriembryon melo
Two turbinate, terrestrial snail shells. The coloration is white with a grayish hue. There are spots of dark gray across some of the shells. The shells have five whorls each with vertical striations running across each whorl. The shells are dextral with "teardrop" shaped apertures.
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Brachiopoda (indeterminate)
Sample of reddish brown limestone packed with casts of brachiopods, probably spiriferid forms.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bulla quoyii
One marine snail shell. The shell is light purple in color with darker purple spots and growth lines. The shell is dextral and the aperture exceeds the length of the shell past the apex. The lip of the aperture is thin and both ends of the shell are rounded.
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Bulla striata
Forty-two marine snail shells. The colors of the shells range from off-white to different shades of gray and light purple. Most of the shells are marked with dots of purple or tan, some with large spots of purple on them. The shells are dextral and the apertures exceed the length of the shells past the apex. The lip of the apertures is thin and both ends of the shells are rounded.
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Busycoarctum coarctatum
One large marine snail. The exterior is cream with brown longitudinal lines radiating from the apex and the interior is tan. The shell is turnip shaped with an oval shaped aperture that opens to a long, narrow siphonal canal. The shell is dextral with four whorls with small, brown, sharp spires. The operculum remains attached.
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