Pteromeris abbreviata
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Carditida
- Family: Carditidae
- Genus: Pteromeris
- Species: Pteromeris abbreviata (Conrad, 1841)
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to Virginia.
Remarks
Original Description (from Conrad, 1841, p. 357):
"Trigonal, elevated, convex-depressed, ribs about eleven, convex, minutely granulated; posterior extremity angulated. This and the preceeding species belong to the genus Venericardia of Lam."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Early Pleistocene
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Waccamaw Formation (NC)
- Late Pliocene
- Duplin Formation (SC, NC)
- Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
- Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
- Raysor Formation (SC)
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
- Yorktown Formation (VA)
