Mercenaria mercenaria
UNB-2018-0841Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Mercenaria (Schumacher, 1817)
Species: Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Two specimens of the right valve and the left valve. Thin, prominent growth lines. Rounded, curved umbo. Adductor scars are visible on the interior part of the valve. Heterodont dentition. Rounded ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Mercenaria mercenaria |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0841 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Long Island Sound, New York City, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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