Specimen Name: Glycymeris sp.
Common Name: Bittersweet clam
Specimen Code: 10BIVA00005
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 – Pteriomorphia – Arcida – Arcoidea – Glycymerididae – Glycymeris
Description of Specimen:
Half of a clam shell; off-white in colour with faint ridges and faded stripes in a crosshatching radial pattern starting from the hinge – nearly circular
Measurements of Specimen:
34mm x 36mm x 6mm
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