Mercenaria mercenaria
UNB-2018-0852Fossils » 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; One specimen of the left valve and one specimen of the right valve. Thin prominent growth lines. Rounded, anteriorly curved umbo. Faint adductor scars on the interior part of the valve. Heterdont dentition. Rounded ventral margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Mercenaria mercenaria |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0852 |
| 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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