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Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818)

Petricolaria pholadiformis
Petricolaria pholadiformis

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Petricolaria
Species: Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818)

Information

Geological Range

Recent

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Anastasia Formation [Questionable/rare]
Satilla Formation
Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare]
Caloosahatchee Formation [Questionable/rare]
Nashua Formation [Uncommon]
Duplin Formation [Uncommon]
Raysor Formation [Questionable/rare]
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common]

Remarks

Common name: False angelwing.

Synonymy: n/a

Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a

Other voucher specimens: n/a

Descriptions: n/a

Measurements: n/a

Other remarks:

For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.

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 11, 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

Petricolaria pholadiformis from the Holocene of Orleans Parish, Louisiana (UF 158061).
Petricolaria pholadiformis from the Holocene of Orleans Parish, Louisiana (UF 158061).
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