Carolinapecten eboreus

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Carolinapecten
Species: Carolinapecten eboreus (Conrad, 1833)

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Geological Range

Early Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to Virginia.

Remarks

Original Description (from Conrad, 1833, p. 341):

"Shell suborbicular, compressed, thin, a little oblique; ribs about twenty two, rounded, little elevated and smooth; inferior valve nearly flat. Length, two inches."

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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Middle Pleistocene: Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Early Pleistocene: Bear Bluff Formation (SC); Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL); Chowan River Formation (VA); James City Formation (NC); Nashua Formation (N. FL); Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene: Croatan Formation (NC); Duplin Formation (NC); Duplin / Raysor formations (GA); Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL); Raysor Formation (GA, SC); Tamiami Formation (S. FL); Tamiami Formation (Buckingham Limestone) (S. FL); Tamiami Formation (Lower) (S. FL); Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) (S. FL); Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL); Yorktown Formation (NC, VA); Yorktown Formation (Mogarts Beach Clay) (VA)
Early Pliocene: Goose Creek Limestone (GA, SC)