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Gemma
Gemma magna
Gemma magna
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Imparidentia
Family:
Veneridae
Genus:
Gemma
Species:
Gemma magna
Gardner 1943
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Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
South Florida to Virginia.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Middle Pleistocene
Canepatch Formation (SC)
Early Pleistocene
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Chowan River Formation (NC, VA)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene
Duplin Formation (NC)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (NC)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Yorktown Formation (VA)
Gemma magna
from the Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Fm. of Brunswick County, North Carolina (PRI 70468).