Scallop
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
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 - Miocene
label: Notes
content: This fossil is a broken scallop shell. Scallops are marine bivalves with two halves, known as valves, that are connected by a ligament that acts as a hinge. The shell measures about 8.5cm x 10.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Feb 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Calvert Cliffs, North America, United States, Maryland
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: Pectinidae
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404589
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Ostreoida, Pectinidae