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Metadata
Object Name |
Utterbackiana couperiana |
Object Description |
Fourteen freshwater mussel valves, seven complete specimens. The exteriors are varying shades of brown and olive green and are covered with growth lines. The periostracum on the shells is flaking off, especially around their umbos. The interiors are an iridescent, silver to white color with very shallow muscle scars and no visible hinge teeth. The triangularly shaped shells have rounded anterior and posterior edges and small winged shaped shelves near their umbos. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Georgia/Altamaha River/Hopeton Plantation;Georgia/Altamaha River |
Classification |
Biology |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Couper, James Hamilton, 1794-1866 White, George Washington, 1802-1887 |
Search Terms |
Invertebrate Bivalve Shell Mollusc Mussel Freshwater River mussel |
Dimensions |
W-10.79 L-6.36 D-2.97 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-405 |