Quadrula apiculata, Specimen #996

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of pustules. Collected in the Nueces basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date: August 25, 1979
Creator: Britton, Joseph; Britton, Michael; Britton, David & La Grove, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library