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Object Name |
Corona regina |
Object Description |
One turbinate bulloid, terrestrial snail shell. The shell is light-brown with darker-brown irregular vertical lines running the length of the shell and appearing on each of the six whorls which are separated by dark brown sutures. The shell is sinistral with a "teardrop" shaped aperture. The peristrome is dark brown on the along the parietal callus. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Guyana/Demerara River |
Classification |
Biology |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Newcomb, Wesley, 1818-1892 |
Search Terms |
Sinistral Gastropod Mollusc Terrestrial Shell Snail Pulmonate Invertebrate Land snail |
Dimensions |
L-4.2 D-2.1 Dia-2.3 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-005 |