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Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)

Tucetona pectinata
Tucetona pectinata

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona
Species: Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)

Information

Geological Range

Recent

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Miocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Panama

Venezuela

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Anastasia Formation [Questionable/rare]
Coffee Mill Hammock Formation [Questionable/rare]
Fort Thompson Formation [Uncommon]
Ironshore Formation
Bermont Formation [Abundant]
Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare]
Caloosahatchee Formation [Common]
Nashua Formation [Uncommon]
Waccamaw Formation [Common]
Duplin / Raysor Formations [Uncommon]
Jackson Bluff Formation [Common]
Mare Formation
Tamiami Formation [Questionable/rare]
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common]
Yorktown Formation [Questionable/rare]
Yorktown Formation (Moore House Member)
Playa Grande Formation (Maiquetia Member)
Gatun Formation
Shoal River Formation
Chipola Formation

Remarks

Common name: Comb Bittersweet.

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 420731

Page history:

Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 7, 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

Tucetona pectinata from the Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Miami-Dade County, Florida (UF 228570).
Tucetona pectinata from the Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Miami-Dade County, Florida (UF 228570).
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