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Panopea floridana Heilprin, 1886

Panopea floridana
Panopea floridana

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Adapedonta
Family: Hiatellidae
Genus: Panopea
Species: Panopea floridana Heilprin, 1886

Information

Geological Range

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Florida

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Fort Thompson Formation
Bermont Formation [Uncommon]
Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare]
Caloosahatchee Formation [Common]
Nashua Formation [Questionable/rare]
Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon]
Duplin Formation
Jackson Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare]
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Uncommon]
Yorktown Formation

Remarks

Common name: n/a

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 1716213

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on January 18, 2018. 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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Panopea floridana from the Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Fm. of Brunswick County, North Carolina (PRI 70447).
Panopea floridana from the Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Fm. of Brunswick County, North Carolina (PRI 70447).
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