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Geoduck Clam
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Taxonomy
Geoduck Clam
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalva
Order: Adapedonta
Family: Hiatellidae
Genus: Panopea
Species: Panopea americana
Author Citation Conrad, 1838
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Choptank Formation
Drumcliff Member
Biostratigraphy
Shattuck Zone 17
Provenance
Collector: Heather Siple
Date Collected: 07/03/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 9 cm
Width: 15 cm
Location
St Leonard
Calvert County
Maryland
United States
- calvert cliffs
- chesapeake bay
- choptank
- fossil
- geoduck
- leonard
- maryland
- matoaka
- miocene
- panopea
- saint
- shell
- st
Comments
Excavated from a block of submerged martrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide.
The common name, geoduck, is pronounced "gooey-duck."
This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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