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Turritella perexilis Gastropod SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone. The name Turritella comes from the Latin word turritus meaning "turreted" or "towered" and the diminutive suffix -ella. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Turritellidae Genus: Turritella Species: perexilis

Turritella perexilis Gastropod SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone. The name Turritella comes from the Latin word turritus meaning "turreted" or "towered" and the diminutive suffix -ella. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Turritellidae Genus: Turritella Species: perexilis

Turritella perexilis Gastropod SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. They have tightly coiled shells, whose overall shape is basically that of an elongated cone. The name Turritella comes from the Latin word turritus meaning "turreted" or "towered" and the diminutive suffix -ella. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Turritellidae Genus: Turritella Species: perexilis

Oliva or Olivella Gastropod SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: *NOTE: The shell has some breakage, so the exact genus cannot be determined with certainty. Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells. Olivella, common name the dwarf olives, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives. Olivella is the type genus of the family. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Olividae or Olivellidae

Oliva or Olivella Gastropod SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: *NOTE: The shell has some breakage, so the exact genus cannot be determined with certainty. Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells. Olivella, common name the dwarf olives, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives. Olivella is the type genus of the family. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Olividae or Olivellidae

Cyclocardia granulata Bivalve SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: Cyclocardia is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae. Original Description (from Say, 1824, p. 142): "Suborbicular, with about twenty-five convex ribs, and wrinkled across; inner margin crenate. Description. Beaks nearly central, a little prominent, curved backward: ribs granulated on the umbones, and transversely wrinkled near the base, convex: apices somewhat prominent beyond the general curve of the shell: inner margin and edge crenate: cardinal teeth two. Length from the apex to the base four-fifths of an inch, breadth nearly the same. Rather proportionally longer than the decussata, and more oblique." Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Carditoida Family: Carditidae Genus: †Cyclocardia Species: †granulata

Cyclocardia granulata Bivalve SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: Cyclocardia is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae. Original Description (from Say, 1824, p. 142): "Suborbicular, with about twenty-five convex ribs, and wrinkled across; inner margin crenate. Description. Beaks nearly central, a little prominent, curved backward: ribs granulated on the umbones, and transversely wrinkled near the base, convex: apices somewhat prominent beyond the general curve of the shell: inner margin and edge crenate: cardinal teeth two. Length from the apex to the base four-fifths of an inch, breadth nearly the same. Rather proportionally longer than the decussata, and more oblique." Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Carditoida Family: Carditidae Genus: †Cyclocardia Species: †granulata

Busycon carica Gastropod SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Data: The knobbed whelk (Busycon carica) is a species of very large predatory sea snail, or in the USA, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks. The knobbed whelk is the second largest species of busycon whelk, ranging in size up to 12 in (305 mm). Knobbed whelks are native to the North Atlantic coast of North America from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to northern Florida. This species is common along the Georgia coast. It is the state shell of New Jersey and Georgia. The shell of most knobbed whelks is dextral, meaning that it is right-handed. If the shell is held in front of the viewer, with the spiral end up and the opening facing the viewer, the opening will be on the animal's right side. The shell is thick and strong and has six clockwise coils. The surface is sculpted with fine striations and there is a ring of knob-like projections protruding from the widest part of the coil. The color is ivory or pale gray, and the large aperture (the inside of the opening) is orange. The canal inside is wide and the entrance can be closed by a horny oval operculum. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Busyconidae Genus: Busycon Species: carica

Astarte concentrica Bivalve SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Carditoida Family: Astartidae Genus: Astarte Species: concentrica

Astarte concentrica Bivalve SITE LOCATION: Probably James City Formation; found Aurora, North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Lower Pleistocene (2.588 ± 0.005 and 0.781 ± 0.005 million years ago) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Carditoida Family: Astartidae Genus: Astarte Species: concentrica