Historic Southern Naturalists Project Specimen - Epitonium scalare

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: English: One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is off-white in color. There are six whorls, each whorl separated by a very deep suture. There are highly raised axial costae on each whorl (the only place where the whorls meet). The shell is dextral, with an oval, to near-circular, shaped aperture. Photo by Eric Friendly as part of the Historic Southern Naturalists Project at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum. Date: 27 February 2019, 14:05:56. Source: Own work. Author: University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum .