Carditamera arata
UNB-2018-0706Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditia
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Carditamera (Conrad, 1838)
Species: Carditamera arata (Conrad, 1832)
Specimen of the left valve with large longitudinal ribs (0.2 cm). Faint growth lines. Small curved umbo. Rounded, elongated ventral margin and rounded dorsal margin. Heterodont dentition.
Specifications
| Object name | Carditamera arata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0706 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | La Belle, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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