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Tag: pliocene

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

Architectonica sp. (specimen 10)

Sundial snail shell (Architectonica sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Architectonica, Architectonica sp, Architectonicidae, Architectonicoidea, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, heterobranchia, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA

Septastrea marylandica (specimens 05-06)

Fossilised stony coral (S. marylandica) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Anthozoa, Cenozoic, Cnidaria, corals, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Hexacorallia, kirby sand pits, Neogene, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Rhizangiidae, S marylandica, Scleractinia, Septastrea, south carolina, stony corals, USA

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