Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Venerida |
| Family: Veneridae |
| Genus: Lirophora |
| Species: Lirophora latilirata (Conrad, 1841) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Anastasia Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Coffee Mill Hammock Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Fort Thompson Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Bermont Formation [Common] |
| Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| Nashua Formation [Common] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Common] |
| Duplin Formation [Common] |
| Duplin / Raysor Formations [Common] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Common] |
| Raysor Formation [Common] |
| Tamiami Formation (Lower) [Uncommon] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Abundant] |
| Yorktown Formation [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: Imperial venus.
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Conrad, 1841, p. 183):
“Trigonal, convex depressed; ribs concentric, about 5 or 6 in number, flattened, reflected, irregular, one of them generally very wide; ribs irregularly sulcated on the posterior slope; inner margin finely crenulated. Smaller than V. alveata, and with broader, less prominent ribs, which do not diminish in size on the posterior margin.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
Note that the occurrence point shown for the Middle Pleistocene in northern Florida is in error (this will be corrected in the future).
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on July 10, 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.
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