Leptodea fragilis, Specimen #662 Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Leptodea fragilis, Specimen #662
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: RafinesqueContributor Type: PersonalContributor 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
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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: 00000662
- Other: Alternate Catalog Number: 336-2
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc35265
Degree
- Academic Department: Biological Sciences