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Lucinoma contracta
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By sixgill pete (edited)
Taxonomy
Lucina Clam
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Lucinoma
Species: Lucinoma contracta
Author Citation (Say, 1824)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Zanclean
Stratigraphy
Yorktown Formation
Rushmere Member
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 06/11/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Width: 49.7 mm
Thickness: 25.2 mm
Location
Tar River
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
An uncommon find for this site, to be double valved and in good condition. This specimen has the added feature of a bore hole from a boring clam most likely.
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