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Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dallocardia muricata
Dallocardia muricata

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Dallocardia
Species: Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Information

Geological Range

Recent

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Cuba

Venezuela

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Anastasia Formation [Questionable/rare]
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation [Questionable/rare]
Fort Thompson Formation [Common]
Jaimanitas Formation
Satilla Formation
Bermont Formation [Common]
Caloosahatchee Formation [Common]
Nashua Formation [Uncommon]
Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon]
Duplin / Raysor Formations [Questionable/rare]
Guaiguaza Clay
Jackson Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare]
Mare Formation
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Abundant]
Playa Grande Formation

Remarks

Common name: Yellow prickly cockle.

Synonymy: n/a

Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a

Other voucher specimens: n/a

Descriptions: n/a

Measurements: n/a

Other remarks: n/a

References: n/a

Online resources:

WoRMS record 381280

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on June 16, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.

This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.

Media

Images

Dallocardia muricata from the Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Palm Beach County, Florida (UF 135917).
Dallocardia muricata from the Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Palm Beach County, Florida (UF 135917).
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