Leptodea fragilis, Specimen #662

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Title

Main Title Leptodea fragilis, Specimen #662

Creator

Collector: Britton, Joseph

Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

Owner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Contributor Type: Organization

Contributor Info: Owner Institution Code: EFNHM
Author: Rafinesque

Contributor Type: Personal

Contributor Info: Citation: (Rafinesque, 1820)

Date

Creation: 1972-08-12

Language

No Language

Description

Content Description: One preserved mussel specimen. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; bluish-white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen was assessed to be live when collected.
Physical Description: 1 mussel specimen : brown and bluish-white

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Freshwater mussels -- Texas.
Library of Congress Subject Headings: Zoological specimens -- Texas.
Keyword: shells
Scientific Name: Leptodea fragilis
Keyword: fragile papershell
Keyword: Lake Bridgeport
Keyword: Trinity basin

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Wise 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: 00000662
Other: Alternate Catalog Number: 336-2
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc35265

Degree

Academic Department: Biological Sciences