Royal Comb Venus, Elegant Venus Clam
name: label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
label: Region
content: West Indies
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: These are Royal Comb Venus shells. The shell is white and purple with row of short to long curved spines on the outside of each valve. The inside of each valve is white with some purple. Each shell measures approximately from 4-9 cm long and 4-5 cm wide.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 42
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Aug 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: West Indies
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Hysteroconcha dione
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO405603
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Autobranchia, Venerida, Veneridae, Callocardiinae