Fusconaia askewi, Specimen #1468

Fusconaia askewi, Specimen #1468 Metadata

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Title

Main Title Fusconaia askewi, Specimen #1468

Creator

Collector: Askew, H. G.

Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

Owner: University of Texas Non-vertabrate Paleontological Laboratory

Contributor Type: Organization
Author: Marsh

Contributor Type: Personal

Contributor Info: Citation: (Marsh, 1896)

Language

No Language

Description

Content Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a round shape; white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Physical Description: 1 mussel specimen (2 valves) : reddish-brown and white ; 60 - 100 mm.

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Freshwater mussels -- Texas.
Library of Congress Subject Headings: Zoological specimens -- Texas.
Keyword: shells
Scientific Name: Fusconaia askewi
Keyword: Texas pigtoe
Keyword: Sabine River

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Smith County

Collection

Name: Joseph Britton Freshwater Mussel Collection

Code: JOSEPH

Institution

Name: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Code: EFNHM

Resource Type

Specimen

Format

Image

Identifier

Accession or Local Control No: Catalog Number: 00001468
Other: Alternate Catalog Number: UT 43995-1
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc34059

Degree

Academic Department: Biological Sciences