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Object Name |
Polymita picta |
Object Description |
One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is a bright yellow color with a dark brown color band spiraling from the flattened apex. The shell has three whorls with extremely shallow sutures and very faint growth lines covering the shell. The shell is dextral with a large oval-shaped aperture. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Cuba |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Newcomb, Wesley, 1818-1892 |
Search Terms |
Shell Snail Gastropod Mollusc Air breathing Land snail Terrestrial Pulmonate Invertebrate |
Dimensions |
H-1.2 W-1 L-1.5 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-180 |