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Tag: Shells

Rhynchonella sp. (specimen 02)

Brachiopod (Rhynchonella sp.) from the Devonian period

Africa, Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Lophophorata, Morocco, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonella, Rhynchonella sp, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonellida, Rhynchonellidae, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Unknown Formation

Paraspirifer bownockeri (specimen 01)

Brachiopod (P. bownockeri) from the middle Devonian period

Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Delthyridina, Delthyridoidea, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Hysterolitidae, Lophophorata, North America, Ohio, P bownockeri, Palaeozoic, Paraspirifer, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Spiriferida, Unknown Formation, USA

Astarte sp. (specimen 06)

Astarte clam (Astarte sp.) from the Devonian period

Africa, Animalia, Archiheterodonta, Astarte, Astarte sp, Astartidae, bivalves, Bivalvia, Carditida, clams, Crassatelloidea, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Heterodonta, Mollusca, Morocco, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Shells, Unknown Formation

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

Exogyra ponderosa (specimen 03)

Extinct honeycomb oyster shell (E. ponderosa) from the late Cretaceous period

Animalia, bivalves, Bivalvia, Burches Ferry, Cretaceous, E ponderosa, Eukarya, Exogyra, Exogyrinae, Fossils, Gryphaeidae, Mesozoic, Mollusca, North America, Ostreida, Ostreoidea, PeeDee Formation, Phanerozoic, Pteriomorphia, Shells, south carolina, USA

Cerastoderma sp. (specimen 02)

Cockle shell (Cerastodermata sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, bivalves, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Cardiidae, Cardioidea, Cenozoic, Cerastoderma, Cerastoderma sp, Chesapeake Group, cockle shell, Euheterodonta, Eukarya, Fossils, Heterodonta, Imparidentia, Lymnocardiinae, Miocene, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Shells, USA, Yorktown Formation

Gastropoda sp. (specimen 27)

An unknown snail species (Gastropoda sp.) in a limestone matrix from the Eocene epoch

Animalia, Cenozoic, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Gastropoda sp, Mollusca, North America, North Carolina, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, Unknown Formation, 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

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