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

P 3p 518 Genus Carditamera, [illegible] Medial Teriary Fossils p 111, (1838)

[Extract of printed paragraph about Carditamera]

[crossed out: Venus cortinaria,]

Cardilamera arata

Medial Tertiary Natural Well, Duplin Co. N. Car.

Carditaimera carinata Conrad, Pro. Ac. Nat. Sc. vol 1 p 305; Med Ter. Fos. p 65 pl 37 fig 1

Trapezoidal, slightly contracted from beak to base; ribs about 18 profound, flattened on the back, square, carinated on the posterior margin; posterior ribs rounded & the carina obscure or wanting; middle & anterior ribs about as wide as the interstices; all the costoe with transverse coarse profound wrinkled lines. L. 1.8 H 1.1

Medial Tertiary Newbern N.C.