Quadrula aurea, Specimen #1660 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Quadrula aurea, Specimen #1660

Creator

  • Collector: Hammontree, Sarah
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Collector: Pulliam, Lauren
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Collector: Mabe, Jeffery
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Collector: Perry, Heather
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Owner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Owner Institution Code: EFNHM
  • Author: Lea, I.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Citation: (I. Lea, 1859)

Date

  • Creation: 2011-06-08

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; orange external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Guadalupe basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
  • Physical Description: One mussel shell (2 valves) : white and orange ; 0 - 60 mm

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Freshwater mussels -- Texas.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Zoological specimens -- Texas.
  • Keyword: shells
  • Scientific Name: Quadrula aurea
  • Keyword: golden orb
  • Keyword: San Antonio River
  • Keyword: Guadalupe basin

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Goliad 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: 00001660
  • Other: Alternate Catalog Number: 1-4C-Quadrula2-MR13
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc38940

Degree

  • Academic Department: Biological Sciences

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