Resource Type

Amblema plicata, Specimen #84

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; brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Guadalupe basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: August 25, 1979
Creator: Britton, Joseph; Britton, David; Britton, Michael & La Grove, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library