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Object Name |
Cenchritis muricatus |
Object Description |
Forty-one trochoid, marine snail shells. The shells are gray to light tan in color with six and seven whorls, and very shallow sutures nearing the apex. The shells are covered in small nodules or "beads" that increase in size nearing the body whorls. The shells are dextral with circular to oval-like shaped apertures. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Florida |
People |
Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Search Terms |
Sea snail Saltwater Marine Gastropod Mollusc Snail Shell |
Dimensions |
H-1.32 W-0.96 D-0.86 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-208 |