Elegant Dosinia (Dosinia elegans)
shell
ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENScalcium carbonate
overall: 5/8 x 5/8 in.
Shell; Elegant Dosinia (Dosinia elegans); from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); small shell, most likely an Elegant Dosinia (scientific name of Dosinia elegans), white in color with concentric lines running along its top.
2005.34.258