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Object Name |
Helicella itala |
Object Description |
Five lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. Coloration is a creamy, white to gray with faint, tan to light brown, spiraling color bands. The shells are depressed with open umbilici and low, convex spires. Growth lines are present along with shallow suturing between the five whorls. The shells are dextral with elliptical apertures. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
United Kingdom/England/North Yorkshire/Scarborough |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 |
Search Terms |
Shell Snail Gastropod Mollusc Land snail Air breathing Terrestrial Pulmonate Invertebrate |
Dimensions |
H-1.4 W-0.7 L-1.6 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-195 |