Quadrula petrina, Specimen #1537

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Title

Main Title Quadrula petrina, Specimen #1537

Creator

Collector: Singley, J. A.

Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

Owner: University of Texas Non-vertabrate Paleontological Laboratory

Contributor Type: Organization
Author: Gould

Contributor Type: Personal

Contributor Info: Citation: (Gould, 1855)

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; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Physical Description: 1 mussel specimen (2 valves) : tan and 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: Quadrula petrina
Keyword: Texas pimpleback
Keyword: Onion Creek

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Travis 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: 00001537
Other: Alternate Catalog Number: UT 4567-4
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc34119

Degree

Academic Department: Biological Sciences