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Nuculida
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Nucula
Nucula proxima
Nucula proxima
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Nuculida
Family:
Nuculidae
Genus:
Nucula
Species:
Nucula proxima
Say, 1822
Common Name: Atlantic nut clam
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Geological Range
Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Alabama to Maryland
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Late Pleistocene
Acredale Formation (VA)
Anastasia Formation? (N. FL)
Anastasia Formation (S. FL, N. FL)
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL)
Flanner Beach Formation (NC)
Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
Fort Thompson Formation? (S. FL)
Neuse Formation (NC)
Norfolk Formation (VA)
Pamlico Formation (S. FL, N. FL)
Pamlico Formation (SC)
Satilla Formation (N. FL)
Middle Pleistocene
Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Bermont Formation? (S. FL)
Canepatch Formation (SC)
Early Pleistocene
Bear Bluff Formation (SC)
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Chowan River Formation (NC, VA)
James City Formation (NC)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Waccamaw Formation (Upper) (NC)
Late Pliocene
Duplin Formation (SC, NC)
Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (SC, NC)
Tamiami Formation (Lower) (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Yorktown Formation (NC, VA)
Yorktown Formation (Sunken Meadow Member) (VA)
Early Pliocene
Goose Creek Limestone (Upper) (SC)
Middle Miocene
Choptank Formation (VA) (Age not resolved beyond "Miocene")
Pungo River Formation (NC)
St. Marys Formation (VA) (Age not resolved beyond "Miocene")
Early Miocene
Calvert Formation (MD)
Nucula proxima
from the Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Fm. of Brunswick County, North Carolina (PRI 70425).