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  • Trachycardium emmonsi

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    Taxonomy

    Spiny Cockle

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Veneroida
    Family: Cariidae
    Genus: Trachycardium
    Species: Trachycardium emmonsi
    Author Citation Conrad, 1867

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Waccamaw Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 02/23/2018
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 55.1 mm
    Width: 45.3 mm
    Thickness: 44.6 mm

    Location

    Private Marl Pit
    Columbus County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    Avery nice double valve cockle. Single valves are not uncommon at this site but double valvers are very uncommon for this species.

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    smokeriderdon

    smokeriderdon

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    I wonder if thats the same place I have been. 

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    Max-fossils

    Max-fossils

    Posted

    Wow, gorgeous!

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