Anomalocardia cuneimeris
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Veneridae
- Genus: Anomalocardia
- Species: Anomalocardia cuneimeris (Conrad, 1846)
- Common Name: Pointed venus
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to northern Florida.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
Original Description (from Conrad, 1846, p. 24):
"Inequilateral, triangular; ventricose anteriorly; flexuous and compressed posteriorly; posterior side cuneiform; surface with obtuse concentric ribs, profound on the umbo, and with minute radiating raised lines; color yellowish, varied with fulvous or brown, sometimes in spots, in other specimens with rays; within purple and white, with a whitish margin.
Locality. Tampa Bay."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Anastasia Formation (N. FL)
- Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Pamlico Formation (S. FL, N. FL)
- Middle Pleistocene
- Bermont Formation (S. FL)
- Early Pleistocene
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Nashua Formation (N. FL)
- Late Pliocene
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
