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Lopha mesenterica
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Taxonomy
Oyster
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Lopha
Species: Lopha mesenterica
Author Citation Morton, 1834
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Stratigraphy
Mount Laurel Formation
Provenance
Collector: Heather Siple
Date Collected: 05/11/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 22 mm
Width: 14 mm
Height: 6 mm
Location
Reedy Point spoils pile -North Side
New Castle
Delaware
United States
- c and d canal
- city
- cretaceous
- de
- delaware
- mount laurel
- mt laurel
- new jersey
- nj
- ostrea
- oyster
- reedy point
Comments
This was found in the spoils from dredging the C&D Canal in the 1980s. Recent removal of spoils sand for road construction in the area exposed previously- inaccessible layers of sand. This species is not listed in the Delaware Geological Survey's bulletin about the fossils of the Canal. It is distinguished by its small size and non-plicate (no ridges) central area of the shell.
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