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Amblema plicata, Specimen #83

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Guadalupe basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: August 24, 1979
Creator: Britton, Joseph; Britton, David; Britton, Michael & La Grove, M.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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