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  • Orthaulax gabbi


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    MikeR

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Littorinimorpha
    Family: Strombidae
    Genus: Orthaulax
    Species: Orthaulax gabbi
    Author Citation (Dall, 1890)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene
    International Age: Burdigalian

    Stratigraphy

    Alum Bluff Group
    Chipola Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Michael Reagin
    Date Collected: 04/23/2011
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 55 mm

    Location

    Chipola River
    Calhoun County
    Florida
    United States

    Comments

    A common species in the Chipola however only 1 in ~10 has the aperture lip preserved.

     

    Reference

    Gardner, J. 1947.  “The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida,” USGS Prof. Paper 142-H.

     




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