Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Alabastrina alabastrites |
Object Description |
One lenticular, terrestrial snail shell. The coloration is white with tan color bands and dashes. The shell has five whorls with shallow sutures. Faint growth lines and striations cover the shell. The shell is dextral with a teardrop shaped aperture and an umbilicus that is completely closed. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Algeria/Algiers Province/Algiers |
People |
Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Newcomb, Wesley, 1818-1892 |
Search Terms |
Mollusc Gastropod Snail Shell Land snail Air breathing Invertebrate |
Dimensions |
H-1.7 W-1.1 L-2 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-162 |