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  • Strahlopecten ernestsmithi

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    MikeR

    By MikeR (edited)

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Pectinida
    Family: Pectinidae
    Genus: Strahlopecten
    Species: Strahlopecten ernestsmithi
    Author Citation (Tucker, 1931)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene
    International Age: Calabrian

    Stratigraphy

    Waccamaw Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Michael Reagin
    Date Collected: 04/12/2003
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 70 mm

    Location

    Old Dock area shell pit
    Columbus County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    Similar to Chlamys [Strahlopecten} rogersi and Strahlopecten caloosahatcheensis.

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    Plax

    Always a fan of this shell for some unknown reason. Have I also seen it in the Goose Creek?

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    MikeR

    Hi Don

     

    I have collected only one Goose Creek location, on the Great Pee Dee, so I don't have a lot of experience with it, although I would like to.  In his 1994 Yorktown publication, Campbell lists S. ernestsmithi only from the Waccamaw and the Caloosahatchee.  It is very similar to Strahlopecten caloosahatcheensis which he lists as co-occurring with S. ernestmithi and with a little broader temporal range down into the Tamiami.  If I had to guess, maybe what you are seeing is Nodipecten peedeensis which he does list in the UGCL.  I have a single valve from Bed 11 Tamiami which I have tentatively identified as N. peedeensis which now I am having doubts as he lists this species only from the UGCL.  I'll post some pictures of these other species in the gallery when I get a chance.

     

    Mike

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    Plax

    The "ernestsmithi" I'm remembering was usually in the aragonite leached basal beds (with the abundant echinoids) on top of the Peedee at Shallotte. Have been told that these beds are Goose Creek LS. Am sure I've seen them at Old Dock also but can't remember if in the aragonitic beds or the leached base. Looks like I am confusing the two taxa in my uncritical observations.

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