Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Carditida |
| Family: Carditidae |
| Genus: Pleuromeris |
| Species: Pleuromeris tellia (Dall, 1903) |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Chipola Formation |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Dall, 1903, p. 1432-1433):
“Oligocene of the Chipola beds on the Chipola River and Alum Bluff on the Chattahoochee River; Dall and Burns.
Shell small, solid, rounded or ovate, slightly inequilateral, with a lanceolate escutcheon and a subcordate, smooth, impressed lunule; sculpture of twelve or thirteen narrow, squarish, closely nodulous radial ribs separated by wider interspaces, faintly concentrically striated; beaks rather low, slightly prosogyrate, situated at the anterior third; hinge heavy, the laterals distinct; internal margins strongly fluted. Length 4.0, height 3.5, diameter 2.75 mm.
Exceptional specimens may reach a length of five millimetres, and some specimens are shorter and higher than others.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
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 June 25, 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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