Lampsilis satura, Specimen #1554

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Title

Main Title Lampsilis satura, Specimen #1554

Creator

Collector: Boone, Constance

Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

Owner: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Contributor Type: Organization
Author: Lea, I.

Contributor Type: Personal

Contributor Info: Citation: (I. Lea, 1852)

Date

Creation: 1967-06-27

Language

No Language

Description

Content Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an oval shape; bluish-white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be very-recently dead when collected.
Physical Description: 1 mussel specimen (2 valves) : tan and bluish-white ; 100 - 120 mm.

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Freshwater mussels -- Texas.
Library of Congress Subject Headings: Zoological specimens -- Texas.
Keyword: shells
Scientific Name: Lampsilis satura
Keyword: sandbank pocketbook

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Montgomery 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: 00001554
Other: Alternate Catalog Number: 950
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc34139

Degree

Academic Department: Biological Sciences