Dosinia concentrica
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Imparidentia
- Family: Veneridae
- Genus: Dosinia
- Species: Dosinia concentrica (Born, 1778)
- Common Name: West Indian dosinia
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to North Carolina.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
Original Description (from Conrad, 1843, p. 393):
"Artemis elegans, Conrad; rare. Mullet Key. -- A. concentrica, Lam.; common. This and the preceeding species have probably been regarded as identical, but in every stage of growth there is a uniform and marked difference; the former species being more orbicular and convex, and having much more remote and distinct grooves, a character as obvious on the young shells as on the adults. It is much the rarest of the two species, and occurs fossil in the Miocene of North Carolina."
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Synonymous with Dosinia elegans and Artemis elegans Conrad, 1843 (original combination).
Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Anastasia Formation (S. FL)
- Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Pamlico Formation (N. FL)
- Satilla Formation (N. 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, NC)
- Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
- Raysor Formation (SC)
- Tamiami Formation (Ochopee Limestone) (S. FL)
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
