Keywords: FMIB 47838 Shells of Specimens of Cultivated Oysters from Plant Beds of Maj F S Parker, Situated at Mouth of Fowl River, Mississippi Sound.jpeg check categories 21 August 2015 3 Shells of Specimens of Cultivated Oysters from Plant Beds of Maj F S Parker Situated at Mouth of Fowl River Mississippi Sound Alabama Length of oyster right-hand specimen 5 3/4 inches; width 4 inches/ thickness 2 inches Caught in December 1894 Subject Oysters Tag Shellfish 1896 00 Cite book Report of a Reconnaissance of the Oyster Beds of Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound Alabama Ritter Homer P Washington DC Government Printing Office 1896 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission vol 15 1895 Plate 57 Creator Homer P Ritter PD-UWASH-FMIB Institution University of Washington FMIB-source accession number 39160 47838 Images from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank to check Homer P Ritter Oysters |