Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Polygyra postelliana |
Object Description |
Three lenticular, terrestrial snail shells. The shells are light brown in color with seven whorls. There are growth bands on each whorl. The shells give the appearance of coiled rope rising slightly in the center at the apices. The umbilici of the shells are open. The shells are dextral with angular apertures. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
South Carolina |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 |
Search Terms |
Snail Shell Terrestrial Land snail Air breathing Mollusc Gastropod Pulmonate Invertebrate |
Dimensions |
W-0.5 L-0.8 D-0.4 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-143 |