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Pleuromeris tellia

Geological Range

Early Miocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Northern Florida.

Remarks

Original Description (from Dall, 1903, p. 1432-1433):

"Oligocene of the Chipola beds on the Chipola River and Alum Bluff on the Chattahoochee River; Dall and Burns.

Shell small, solid, rounded or ovate, slightly inequilateral, with a lanceolate escutcheon and a subcordate, smooth, impressed lunule; sculpture of twelve or thirteen narrow, squarish, closely nodulous radial ribs separated by wider interspaces, faintly concentrically striated; beaks rather low, slightly prosogyrate, situated at the anterior third; hinge heavy, the laterals distinct; internal margins strongly fluted. Length 4.0, height 3.5, diameter 2.75 mm.

Exceptional specimens may reach a length of five millimetres, and some specimens are shorter and higher than others."

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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Early Miocene
Chipola Formation (N. FL)
<i>Pleuromeris tellia</i> from the Early Miocene Chipola Fm. of Calhoun County, Florida (UF 189442).
Pleuromeris tellia from the Early Miocene Chipola Fm. of Calhoun County, Florida (UF 189442).
Specimen of <i>Pleuromeris tellia</i> figured by Dall (1903, pl. 56, fig. 2); 3.5 mm in length.
Specimen of Pleuromeris tellia figured by Dall (1903, pl. 56, fig. 2); 3.5 mm in length.
Early Miocene Map
Early Miocene Map<