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  • Lucine Clam


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    Taxonomy

    Lucine Clam

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mullosca
    Class: Bivalva
    Order: Lucinida
    Family: Lucinidae
    Genus: Stewartia
    Species: Stewartia anodonta
    Author Citation Say, 1824

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene

    Provenance

    Collector: Heather Siple
    Date Collected: 07/03/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Height: 5 mm
    Diameter: 37 mm

    Location

    St Leonard
    Calvert County
    Maryland
    United States

    Comments

    Although I have collected this species from Choptank Formation matrix, this one was found on the beach. The red staining suggests it may have been from another formation as the Choptank sand at St Leonard is gray.




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