Carditamera arata
UNB-2018-0711Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Carditamera (Conrad, 1838)
Species: Carditamera arata (Conrad, 1832)
Specimen of the right valve with large longitudinal ribs (0.5 cm) and faint growth lines. Rounded umbo. Anterior adductor scar is visible on the interior part of the valve. Heterodont dentition. Rounded, elongated ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Carditamera arata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0711 |
| 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 | Lake Okeechobee, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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