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Mollusca
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Cardiidae
Dallocardia
Dallocardia muricata
Dallocardia muricata
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Imparidentia
Family:
Cardiidae
Genus:
Dallocardia
Species:
Dallocardia muricata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name: Yellow prickly cockle
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Geological Range
Early Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Venezuela to North Carolina.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Late Pleistocene
Anastasia Formation (S. FL)
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
Jaimanitas Formation (Cuba)
Satilla Formation (GA)
Middle Pleistocene
Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene
Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
Guaiguaza Clay (Venezuela)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Mare Formation (Venezuela)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Early Pliocene
Playa Grande Formation (Venezuela)
Dallocardia muricata
from the Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Palm Beach County, Florida (UF 135917).
Late Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Late Pliocene Map
Early Pliocene Map