Amblema plicata, Specimen #22
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Britton, Joseph
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Murphy, C.
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Golightly, C.
Owner Institution Code: EFNHM
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Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
Citation: (Say, 1817)
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Say
1975-10-03
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One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; purplish-white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Brazos basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
1 mussel specimen (2 valves) : dark brown and purplish-white ; 100 - 120 mm.
Freshwater mussels -- Texas.
Zoological specimens -- Texas.
shells
Amblema plicata
three-ridge
Navasota River
Brazos basin
1
United States - Texas - Grimes County
JOSEPH
EFNHM
specimen
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Catalog Number: 00000022
Alternate Catalog Number: 1781-2
Biological Sciences
comment: Descriptive metadata by htarver 2011-05-18.
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