Specimen Name: Carditamera arata
Specimen Code: 10BIVA00004
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (October 2010)
Locale: Kirby Sand Pits, Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Formation: Duplin Formation
Geologic Time Period: Pliocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Bivalvia – Heterodonta – Archiheterodonta – Carditida – Carditoidea – Carditidae – Carditamera – Arata
Description of Specimen:
Half of a bivalve clam shell; white in colour with extremely defined ridges in a radial pattern starting from the hinge and a ‘butterfly wing’ shape
Measurements of Specimen:
36.5mm x 19.5mm x 10.5mm
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