page_title: List of the Cenozoic life of Virginia
section_title: C
hierarchical_section_title: List of the Cenozoic life of Virginia / C
caption_attribution_description: English: Colus islandicus
context_page_description: This list of the Cenozoic life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
context_section_description: †Cacharias
  Cadulus
  †Cadulus thallus
  Caecum
  †Caecum cooperi
  Caestocorbula
  †Caestocorbula fossata
  †Calasoma
  †Calippus
  †Calippus regulus – or unidentified comparable form
   Calliostoma
  †Calliostoma bellum
  †Calliostoma philanthropus
  †Calliostoma philothropus
  †Calliostoma virginicum
  †Callippus
  †Callippus regulus – or unidentified comparable form
  Callista
  †Callista perovata
  Callocardia
  †Callocardia catharia
  Calonectris
  †Calonectris kurodai – type locality for species
  †Calophos
  †Calophos plicatile
  †Calorhadia
  †Calorhadia bella
  †Calorhadia opulenta
  †Calorhadia semen
  †Calyptraphorus
  †Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
  †Calyptraphorus velatus
   Cambarus
  †Cambarus bartonii – or unidentified comparable form
  †Cambarus longulus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Campanuyla
  Canachites
  †Canachites canadensis
  †Canarium
  †Canarium parksii
  Cancellaria
  Cancer
  †Cancer irroratus
  Canis
   †Canis dirus
  †Canis latrans
  †Canis lupus – or unidentified comparable form
  Cantharus
  †Cantharus marylandicus
  Canthon
  Capella
  †Capella gallinago
  Carcharhinus
  Carcharias
  †Carcharias hopei
  †Carcharias teretidens
  Carcharodon
   †Carcharodon hastalis
  Carditamera
  †Carditamera arata
  †Caricella
  †Carinorbis
  †Carinorbis dalli
  †Carolinapecten
  †Carolinapecten eboreus
  †Carolinapecten urbannaensis
  †Carolinochelys
  †Carolinochelys wilsoni
  Carphophis
  †Carphophis amoenus
  Carya
  Caryocorbula
  †Caryocorbula caribaea
  †Caryocorbula conradi
  †Caryocorbula contracta
  †Caryocorbula deusseni
  Castor
  †Castor canadensis
   †Castoroides
  †Castoroides ohioensis
  Catharus
  †Catinella
  Catoptrophorus
  †Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
  †Catostomus
  Celtis
  †Celtis occidentalis
  Cerithiopsis
  †Cerithiopsis greenii
  Certhia
  †Certhia familiaris
  †Cervalces – tentative report
  †Cervalces scotti
  Cervus
  †Cervus elaphus
  Cetorhinus
   †Cetotherium
  †Cetotherium crassangulum – type locality for species
  Chaetura
  †Chaetura pelagica
  Chama
  †Chama congregata
  †Charadrisu
  †Charadrisu vociferus
  Charadrius
  †Charadrius vociferus
  Chelydra
   †Chelydra serpentina
  †Chesacardium
  †Chesacardium acutilaqueatum
  †Chesacardium laqueatum
  †Chesaconcavus
  †Chesaconcavus myosulcatus
  †Chesaconcavus proteus
  †Chesaconcavus rossi
  †Chesaconcavus santamaria
  †Chesapactern
  †Chesapactern madisonius
  †Chesapecten
  †Chesapecten clintonius
  †Chesapecten coccymelus
  †Chesapecten edgecombensis
   †Chesapecten jeffersonius
  †Chesapecten madisonianis
  †Chesapecten madisonius
  †Chesapecten middlesexensis
  †Chesapecten nefrens
  †Chesapecten santamaria
  Chione
  †Chione cancellata
  †Chione cribraria
  Chlamys
  †Chlamys brookvillensis
  †Chlamys choctavensis
  †Chlamys decemaria
  †Chlamys johnsoni
  †Chlamys santamaria
  †Chlamys seabeensis
  †Chlamys vaunwythei – or unidentified comparable form
  †Chlamys wahtubbeana
  †Chordeiles
   †Chordeiles minor
  Cibicides
  †Cibicides lobatulus
  Cingula
  †Cingula norfolkensis
  Circulus
  †Circulus liratus
  Cirsotrema
  Cistothorus
  †Cistothorus platensis – or unidentified comparable form
  Clavus – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  †Clavus eburnea
  †Cleistosphaeridium
  †Cleistosphaeridium placacanthum
  Clethrionomys
  †Clethrionomys gapperi
  Clidiophora
  †Clidiophora crassidens
   Cliona
  Coccyzus
  †Cochliolepsis
  Colaptes
  †Colaptes auratus
  Colinus
  †Colinus virginianus
  Coluber
  †Coluber constrictor
  †Columella
  †Columella simplex
   Colus
  †Colus pygmaeus
  Condylura
  †Condylura cristata
  †Condylura crystata
  †Conradostrea
  †Conradostrea sculpturata
  Contopus
  †Contopus virens
  †Contropus
  †Contropus virens
  Conus
  †Conus adversarius
  †Conus deluvianus
  †Conus diluvianus
  †Conus marylandicus
   Corbula
  †Corbula extenuata
  †Corbula inaequalis
  †Corbula subengota
  †Corbula texana
  †Coronia
  †Corrundinium
  Corvus
  †Corvus brachyrhynchos
  †Corynorynchus
  †Costaglycymeris
  †Costaglycymeris mixoni
  †Costaglycymeris subovata
  †Costaglycymeris virginiae
  Cotonopsis
  †Cotonopsis lafresnayi
  †Coturnipes – or unidentified comparable form
  †Coturnipes cooperi
  †Coupatezia
  †Coupatezia woatersi
  Crassatella
  †Crassatella aquiana – type locality for species
  Crassinella
  †Crassinella lunulata
  †Crassinella minor
  Crassostrea
  †Crassostrea virginica
  Crepidula
  †Crepidula convexa
  †Crepidula dumosa
  †Crepidula fornicata
  †C
caption: Shells in differing orientations of Colus whelk sea snails
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