Planicardium virginianum
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Cardiidae
- Genus: Planicardium
- Species: Planicardium virginianum (Conrad, 1839)
Geological Range
Late Pliocene; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to Viriginia.
Remarks
Original Description (from Conrad, 1839, p. 51):
"Shell very oblique, convex-depressed; ribs about 26, broad, flat; interstices narrow and very shallow; summit narrow and not very prominent, oblique; anterior margin rectilinear, extremity angular; posterior extremity rounded; basal margin very long, arcuated. Length about 4 inches. Locality, James river, near Smithfield."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pliocene
- Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
- Yorktown Formation (VA)
