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Tag: kirby sand pits

Glycymeris sp. (specimen 05)

Bittersweet clam shell (Glycymeris sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Arcida, Arcoidea, bivalves, Bivalvia, Cenozoic, clams, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Glycymerididae, Glycymeris, Glycymeris sp, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Pteriomorphia, south carolina, USA

Carditamera arata (specimen 04)

Marine clam shell (C. arata) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Archiheterodonta, bivalves, Bivalvia, C arata, Carditamera, Carditida, Carditidae, Carditoidea, Cenozoic, clams, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Heterodonta, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, south carolina, USA

Terebra sp. (specimens 24-26)

Auger snail shells (Terebra sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, auger snails, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Conoidea, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, Terebra, Terebra sp, Terebridae, USA

Naticidae sp. (specimens 19-23)

Moon snail shells (Naticidae sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Littorinimorpha, Mollusca, moon snails, Naticidae, Naticidae sp., Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA

Scaphella sp. (specimen 18)

Volute snail shell (Scaphella sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Scaphella, Scaphella sp, Scaphellinae, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA, volute snails, Volutidae

Oliva carolinensis (specimens 16-17)

Olive snail shells (O. carolinensis) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, O carolinensis, Oliva, olive snails, Olividae, Olivinae, Olivoidea, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA

Cymatosyrinx sp. (specimen 14)

Sea snail shell (Cymatosyrinx sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Conoidea, Cymatosyrinx, Cymatosyrinx sp, Drillidae, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, sea snails, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA

Crepidula sp. (specimen 13)

Slipper snail shell (Crepidula sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Calyptraeidae, Calyptraeoidea, Cenozoic, Crepidula, Crepidula sp, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Littorinimorpha, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, slipper snails, Snails, south carolina, USA

Busycon carica (specimen 12)

Knobbed whelk shell (B. carica) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, B carica, Buccinidae, Buccinoidea, Busycon, Busyconinae, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, knobbed whelk, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA, whelks

Busycon contrarium (specimen 11)

Extinct busycon whelk shell (B. contrarium) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, B contrarium, Buccinidae, Buccinoidea, Busycon, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA, whelks

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