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Chione erosa

Geological Range

Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to North Carolina.

Remarks

Original Description (from Dall, 1903, p. 1290):

"Miocene of Florida, sixteen miles southwest of Tallahassee near and at Jackson Bluff (upper bed); Vaughan.

Shell rather large, compressed, the sculpture behind the middle of the disk obsolete, the radial feebly defined, the concentric lamellae little elevated and distant; hinge normal, the teeth entire; anterior adductor scar elongated, posterior shorter and smaller; pallial sinus nearly obsolete; lunule slightly larger and proportionately narrower than in C. cancellata. Length 35, height 32, diameter 17 mm.

Many of the specimens have the sculpture almost entirely obsolete."

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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pleistocene
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
Middle Pleistocene
Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Canepatch Formation (SC)
Early Pleistocene
Bear Bluff Formation (SC)
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene
Duplin Formation (SC)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (SC)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
<i>Chione erosa</i> from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Collier County, Florida (UF 145181).
Chione erosa from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Collier County, Florida (UF 145181).
Specimen of <i>Chione erosa</i> figured by Dall (1903, pl. 55, fig. 5 and 8); 35.0 mm in length.
Specimen of Chione erosa figured by Dall (1903, pl. 55, fig. 5 and 8); 35.0 mm in length.
Late Pleistocene Map
Late Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Late Pliocene Map
Late Pliocene Map