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Object Name |
Cerithium atratum |
Object Description |
Four turriform, marine snail shells. The shells are off-white in coloring with thin light brown color bands. The shells have approximately ten whorls with very shallow sutures. Each of the whorls are covered in rows of small nodules spiraling to the apices. The shells are dextral with ellipse shaped apertures that have an openly extended outer lips and siphonal notches. |
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 Marine Saltwater Gastropod Mollusc Snail Shell |
Dimensions |
H-3.61 D-1.03 Dia-0.95 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-211 |