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Mercenaria tridacnoides
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Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Mercenaria
Species: Mercenaria tridacnoides
Author Citation (Lamarck, 1818)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Piacenzian
Stratigraphy
Duplin Formation
Provenance
Collector: Michael Reagin
Date Collected: 11/08/2009
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Width: 120 mm
Height: 99 mm
Location
Cape Fear River tributary
Bladen County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Extinct Quahog. Geographically wide ranging in Upper Pliocene deposits from Zone 2 Yorktown in Virginia to Tamiami in South Florida. Campbell (1994) considered this a form of M. corrugata, separated by its thicker shell.
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