This specimen is a fossil scallop of the genus Chesapecten. The fossil scallop dates to the Miocene epoch and was collected at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. The specimen measures 14.5 cm x 15 cm.
- Catalog Number:
- 405735
- Object/Specimen Description:
- Specimen Count:
- 1
- Precise Locality:
Calvert Cliffs
- Locality:
- US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
- Collecting Locality:
- North America, United States, Maryland
- Upper Level Taxonomy:
- Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Autobranchia, Ostreiformii, Pectinida, Pectinidina, Pectinidae