Megalonaias nervosa, Specimen #1651 Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Megalonaias nervosa, Specimen #1651
Creator
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Collector: Hammontree, SarahCreator Type: Personal
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Collector: Pulliam, LaurenCreator Type: Personal
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Collector: Perry, HeatherCreator Type: Personal
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Collector: Mabe, JefferyCreator Type: Personal
Contributor
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Owner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage MuseumContributor Type: OrganizationContributor Info: Owner Institution Code: EFNHM
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Author: RafinesqueContributor Type: PersonalContributor Info: Citation: (Rafinesque, 1820)
Date
- Creation: 2011-05-13
Language
- No Language
Description
- Content Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; thick shell; double looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Guadalupe basin. The specimen measures over 120 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
- Physical Description: One mussel shell (2 valves) : white and dark brown ; 120 mm
Subject
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Freshwater mussels -- Texas.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Zoological specimens -- Texas.
- Keyword: shells
- Scientific Name: Megalonaias nervosa
- Keyword: washboard
- Keyword: San Marcos River
- Keyword: Guadalupe basin
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Gonzales County
Collection
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Name: Joseph Britton Freshwater Mussel CollectionCode: JOSEPH
Institution
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Name: Elm Fork Natural Heritage MuseumCode: EFNHM
Resource Type
- Specimen
Format
- Image
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: Catalog Number: 00001651
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc38931
Degree
- Academic Department: Biological Sciences