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Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856)

Trachycardium egmontianum
Trachycardium egmontianum

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Trachycardium
Species: Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856)

Information

Geological Range

Recent

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

North Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Cuba

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Anastasia Formation [Questionable/rare]
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation [Uncommon]
Fort Thompson Formation [Common]
Jaimanitas Formation
Pamlico Formation [Questionable/rare]
Satilla Formation
Bermont Formation [Common]
Caloosahatchee Formation [Common]
Nashua Formation [Uncommon]
Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon]
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common]

Remarks

Common name: Florida 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:

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

References: n/a

Online resources:

WoRMS record 519471

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on June 23, 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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Images

Trachycardium egmontianum from the Late Pleistocene Forth Thompson Fm. Of Sarasota County, Florida (UF 180834).
Trachycardium egmontianum from the Late Pleistocene Forth Thompson Fm. Of Sarasota County, Florida (UF 180834).
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