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Cardita Carolinensis
Carditia Carolinensis, Conrad Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Vol 3 p 297
Suborbicular? profoundly ventricose, with about thirty very prominent square radii, on the anterior side sharp, recurved and crenulated; lunule very broad and cordate, deeply impressed; hinge thick; pit anterior to the cardinal tooth small and profound. L 0.6
Eocene Tertiary St. Mathews Parish S.C.
Cardita Densata
Cardita densata, Conrad Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. vol 2 p. 173
Obliquely cordate, ventricose, thick, with about twenty five flattened costae, obsolete towards the base, narrow, profound, elevated & crenulated on the umbo; umbo very prominent at the apex; anterior basal margin obliquely subtruncated; posterior extremity truncated, direct; cardinal area very thick & dilated, the teeth oblique.
L 1.6 H 1.6
Medial tertiary
Claiborne, Alabama