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  • Pododesmus sp.


    Images:

    sixgill pete

    Taxonomy

    Saddle Oyster

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Pectinida
    Family: Anomiidae
    Genus: Pododesmus
    Species: Pododesmus sp.
    Author Citation Phillipi, 1837

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Yorktown Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 05/26/2019
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Width: 36.3 mm

    Location

    Tar River
    Edgecombe County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    A surprise find of a new species for me. IT was in a clump of matrix on one of the specimens I brought home. I.D. was obtained from

     

    "Pliocene Molluscs From The Yorktown and Chowan River Formation in Virginia" 

    Lyle D. Campbell

    1993




    User Feedback


    that's one interesting looking mollusk!

     

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