Object Details
- Notes
- J. White; 1898; growing on artificial teeth
- Record Last Modified
- 25 Sep 2024
- Specimen Count
- 2
- Collection Date
- 1898
- Bay/Sound
- Chesapeake Bay
- Collector
- Capt. P. H. Benson
- Ocean/Sea/Gulf
- North Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay
- Place
- Point Lookout, Maryland, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
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- Invertebrate Zoology
- Mollusca
- Published Name
- Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Data Source
- NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
- USNM Number
- 153104
- Preparation
- Dry
- Record ID
- nmnhinvertebratezoology_10063227
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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