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Mollusca
Gastropoda
Caenogastropoda [Unassigned]
Planaxidae
Fossarus
Fossarus lyra
Fossarus lyra
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Caenogastropoda [Unassigned]
Family:
Planaxidae
Genus:
Fossarus
Species:
Fossarus lyra
(Conrad, 1834)
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Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene.
Paleogeographic Distribution
South Florida to Virginia.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Early Pleistocene
Bear Bluff Formation (SC)
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Chowan River Formation (VA)
Waccamaw Formation (NC)
Late Pliocene
Duplin Formation (SC, NC)
Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (GA, SC)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Yorktown Formation (NC, VA)
Yorktown Formation (Sunken Meadow Member) (VA)
Fossarus lyra
from the Pliocene Yorktown Fm. (Sunken Meadow Member) of Frederick County, Virginia (SDSM 109767).