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Periwinkle |
Number of Object records |
12 |
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Cenchritis muricatus
Forty-two turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are a combination of light and dark grey. A representative shell shows seven whorls with deep sutures. The shells are ornamented with several small nodules that become smaller as they move toward the apex and striations that begin at the start of the seventh whorl. The shells are dextral with oval shaped apertures and the lips of the shells are thin.
Record Type: Object
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Echinolittorina mespillum
Four globose, marine snail shells. The shells are brown with approximately two to three whorls. The shells have growth lines and small malleations on each whorl. The shells are dextral with oval-shaped apertures.
Record Type: Object
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Echinolittorina ziczac
Sixty-two turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are gray with a brown to darker gray zig zag vertical striping that gives a zebra like appearance. A representative shell has six whorls with shallow, but distinct sutures. The representative shell, like a few others in this lot, has retained its operculum. The shells are dextral with tear drop shaped apertures and thin lips.
Record Type: Object
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Littoraria irrorata
One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is tan in color with five whorls and shallow sutures. The shell is ornamented with faint striations that are close together and faint spots of darker tans. The shell is dextral with a semi-circular aperture and a thin lip.
Record Type: Object
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Littoraria scabra
One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is off-white with tan and dark-brown dashed color bands from the apex through the basal lip. The shell is dextral with six whorls, distinct suturing and a tear-drop shaped aperture.
Record Type: Object
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Littorina littorea
Three turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are tan in color with darker areas. There are seven whorls with varying suture depth. The largest shell has very deep sutures while the smaller shells have very shallow sutures. The shells are ornamented with very shallow striae that are close together and create lines of lighter colors. The shells are dextral with elliptical shaped apertures and thin lips.
Record Type: Object
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Littorina obtusata
Six lenticular, marine snail shells. Light brown, gray, and tan in color. Approximately three to four whorls per shell with shallow sutures. The shells are dextral with visible growth lines tear-drop shaped apertures.
Record Type: Object
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Littorina obtusata
Thirty-nine globose, marine snail shells. The shells range in color from off-white to tan and have approximately four to five whorls that reach a flattened apex. The shells are covered in faint growth lines and striations. The shells are dextral with nearly circular apertures and thickened outer lips.
Record Type: Object
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Littorina saxatilis
One hundred eighty-eight turbinate, marine snail shells. Coloring ranges from off-white, tan, and reddish and grayish browns. Color banding varies from solid color bands to dash like color bands and some have no color banding. Nearly all of the specimen display growth lines. The shells are dextral with three to five whorls and oval-like apertures.
Record Type: Object
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Littorina saxatilis
Twenty-seven lenticular, marine snail shells. Shells are tan, cream and a light pink in color with shallow sutures. Larger shells have light black lines in the body whorls. There are approximately five whorls per shell. The shells are dextral with oval-like shaped apertures and visible growth lines.
Record Type: Object
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Littorina saxatilis
Sixty-one turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are tan and grey in color. A representative sample shows four whorls with deep sutures. The shells are ornamented with very faint striae and growth lines creating an almost smooth appearance. The shells are dextral with oval shaped apertures and thin lips.
Record Type: Object
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Tectarius antonii
One trochoid, marine snail shell. The shell is gray with stripes of a darker gray to brown and approximately six whorls with very shallow sutures nearing the apex. The interior of the aperture is dark gray to brown with a white stripe along the bottom. The shell is covered in small nodules, or "beads", that collect on the base near the aperture. The shell is dextral with an almost circular aperture that has a white outer lip.
Record Type: Object
