Potamilus purpuratus, Specimen #595

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; thick shell; white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: October 17, 1974
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Object Type: Specimen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Utterbackia imbecillis, Specimen #1281

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; bluish-white internal coloring; green external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: October 17, 1974
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Object Type: Specimen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pyganodon grandis, Specimen #733

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: October 17, 1974
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Object Type: Specimen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1974 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1974

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 17, 1974
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History