Box 26, Folder 2: Paleontology Notes 7: Acephala 2

Eocene Tertiary

Wilmington N. Car.

Cardita tridentata, say Tour [med.?] Ac. Nat. Sc. Vol 5 p 216; Conrad, Ter. Foss. p 76 pl 43 fig 11

[Lubonbicular?], subequilateral, thick, with about 18 convex ribs, cancullate with [concentric?] elevated lines, obsolete on the [umbo] and anterior side; inner margin deeply [crenate?]; hinge with teeth in one valve and 1 in the opposite.

L 0.4 H 0.35

anedial Tertiary

also recent—coast of S. Car. + Florida

Cardita tridentata say. Am. Conch. pl 40 figs. 1-5;—DeKay, nat. Hist. of N.Y. p. 205; venericardia tridentata say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. Vol. 5 p 216.

Shell suborbicular, subequilateral thick and ponderous, with about 18 convex ribs, can cellate; obsolete in the [umbo?] and anterior side; inner margin deeply crenate; hinge with two diverging teeth in one valve, [one] separated by a large cavity; on the other a large prominent [recurved?] tooth closing into the cavity.

L 0.25

Middle + Port Pliocene Tertiary

Natural [Welly?] Duplin Co. N. Car. Charleston S. Car.

Also recent—Southern Coast

Candita vigintinaria, [Cornad?] [crossed out: Vanuxem] Proc. Ac Nat Sc. Vol 3 p 297

Suborbicular, inequilateral, ventricose, with about thirty square radii, about as wide as the interstices; [umbornial?] shape rounded; anterior margin subtruncated. L. 0.9 H 0.9

Eocene Tertiary

H Mathews Parish, Orangebury Dist. S. Car.