Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Lanistes boltenianus |
Object Description |
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. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Egypt |
People |
Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Search Terms |
Shell Snail Gastropod Mollusc Aquatic Gill Operculum Invertebrate Freshwater Apple snail Sinistral |
Dimensions |
L-1.9 D-1.2 Dia-1.1 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-096 |