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Venus Clam
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Collected from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
Taxonomy
Venus Clam
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalva
Order: Veneroidei
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Mercenaria
Species: M. cuneata
Author Citation Conrad, 1869
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Choptank Formation
Drum Cliff
Biostratigraphy
Shattuck Zone 17
Provenance
Date Collected: 07/03/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Blank: 83mm
Width: 85mm
Height: 35mm
Location
St Leonard
Calvert County
Maryland
United States
- chesapeake bay
- miocene
- matoaka
- calert cliffs
- leonard
- saint
- st
- maryland
- fossil
- clam
- venus
- qouhog
- shell
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Collected from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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