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Object Name |
Physa gyrina |
Object Description |
Three turbinate freshwater snail shells of varying sizes. The shells are all beige in color with blotches of dirt across the shell and are simple. The shells have three whorls with shallow sutures and are covered in transverse growth lines. The shells are sinistral and have auriform shaped apertures. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
New York/Mohawk River |
Classification |
Biology |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Newcomb, Wesley, 1818-1892 |
Search Terms |
Invertebrate Shell Snail Mollusc Gastropod Freshwater Air breathing Aquatic Pulmonate |
Dimensions |
H-0.83 W-1 L-1.78 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-504 |