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Vermetus virginicus

Geological Range

Late Pliocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to Virginia. Georeferenced data are not currently available for Virginia occurrences.

Remarks

Original Description (from Conrad, 1839, p. 51):

"Shell terete, slender, adhering in large groups, occasionally angulated, with sessile spiral convolutions; surface with acute prominent transverse wrinkles. Locality, near Urbanna, Virg."

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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pliocene
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Yorktown Formation (VA)
<i>Vermetus virginicus</i> from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Miami-Dade County, Florida (UF 214033).
Vermetus virginicus from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Pinecrest Beds) of Miami-Dade County, Florida (UF 214033).
Late Pliocene Map
Late Pliocene Map