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Chesapecten
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Taxonomy
Scallop
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pterioida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Chesapecten
Species: Chesapecten jeffersonius
Author Citation (Say, 1824)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Zanclean
Stratigraphy
Yorktown Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 05/12/2012
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 92 mm
Width: 95 mm
Location
Tar River
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
A small specimen of this species, but a nice one. They get quite a bit larger. I have one pushing 160 mm wide but it is in poor shape.
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