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Object Name |
Bulimulus dealbatus |
Object Description |
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. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Louisiana |
People |
Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Beadle, Elias Root, 1812-1879 |
Search Terms |
Shell Snail Mollusc Gastropod Tropical Air breathing Terrestrial Pulmonate Land snail Invertebrate |
Dimensions |
L-1.7 D-0.8 Dia-0.9 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-078 |