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  • Giant keyhole limpet


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    PRK

    Taxonomy

    Giant Keyhole Limpet

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca Cuvier, 1797
    Class: Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
    Order: Vetigastropodia
    Family: Fissurellidae
    Genus: Megathura
    Species: Megathura sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene

    Stratigraphy

    San Pedro Formation sands

    Provenance

    Collector: Prk
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    California
    United States

    Comments

    Found among the shell hash caused by a Pleistocene tsunami.




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