Venus Clam
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: A. Blankenbicker et al.
label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Pliocene
label: Notes
content: Fragments of fossilized clam valves, or half of their external structure, found from a quarry, usually an open pit where rocks, minerals, gravel and more are excavated from the ground. Some fragments still have pieces of matrix attached and one has both valves connected. Around 10 valves have a hole on the top, which is most likely evidence of carnivorous sea creatures' feeding marks. Each measures around 3.5 cm x 3 cm x 1.5 cm in size or less.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 17
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Golden Gate Quarry, North America, United States, Florida, Collier County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Chione
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401563
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Veneridae