Merisca aequistriata
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Tellinidae
- Genus: Merisca
- Species: Merisca aequistriata (Say, 1824)
- Common Name: Striate tellin
Geological Range
Middle-Late Miocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Cayman Islands to Georgia.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
Original Description (from Say, 1824, p. 145):
"Shell transversely ovate-orbicular, with an elevated line or fold on the anterior margin: surface with fine, somewhat elevated, concentric, nearly equal, numerous striae, forming grooves between them: apex nearly central, acute: cardinal teeth deeply grooved: lateral teeth two; edge within, simple.
Length seven-tenths, breadth nineteen-twentieths of an inch.
In general outline, this species has a resemblance to T. ostracea, Lam. In one specimen the apex is central, and in another it is placed before the middle."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Anastasia Formation (N. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Neuse Formation (NC)
- Pamlico Formation (S. FL)
- Middle Pleistocene
- Bermont Formation (S. FL)
- Early Pleistocene
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Nashua Formation (N. FL)
- Waccamaw Formation (SC)
- Late Pliocene
- Duplin Formation (SC)
- Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
- Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
- Raysor Formation (SC)
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
- Yorktown Formation (VA)
- Middle Miocene
- Gatun Formation (Panama)
- Early Miocene
- Chattahoochee Formation (N. FL)
