Panopea dockensis
| Panopea dockensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myoida |
| Family: | Hiatellidae |
| Genus: | Panopea |
| Species: | †P. dockensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Panopea dockensis Olsson and Petit, 1964 | |
Panopea dockensis is an extinct species of marine bivalve mollusk from the Pliocene-Pleistocene Waccamaw Formation of North Carolina. It was a close relative of the well-known Pacific Geoduck. It gets its name from the locality of Old Dock in Columbus County, where it was first discovered.[1]
- ↑ Fossil Collecting in North Carolina: Bulletin 89. North Carolina Geologic Survey. 1988.
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