Amblema plicata, Specimen #9 Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Amblema plicata, Specimen #9
Creator
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Collector: Britton, JosephCreator 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: SayContributor Type: PersonalContributor Info: Citation: (Say, 1817)
Date
- Creation: 1971-10-21
Language
- No Language
Description
- Content Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
- Physical Description: 1 mussel specimen (1 valve) : brown 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: Amblema plicata
- Keyword: three-ridge
- Keyword: Lake Worth
- Keyword: Trinity basin
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Tarrant 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: 00000009
- Other: Alternate Catalog Number: 138-4
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc34146
Degree
- Academic Department: Biological Sciences