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Scallop
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Taxonomy
Scallop
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalva
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Chesapecten
Species: Chesapecten marylandica
Author Citation (Wagner, 1893)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
Provenance
Collector: Heather Siple
Date Collected: 04/14/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 7 cm
Width: 8 cm
Location
St Leonard
Calvert County
Maryland
United States
- fossil
- leanoard
- calvert cliffs
- chesapeake bay
- choptank
- saint
- st
- maryland
- matoaka
- miocene
- shell
- scallop
Comments
Found on the beach near Matoaka Beach cabins. This specimen has several pearl buds, including some that developed around predation holes.
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