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Description: | Specimen of a fossil bivalve, Pleuromya uniformis, collected from unspecified rocks of Middle to Late Jurassic age.
Pholadomya fidicula is a bivalve (meaning two shells or valves) that spent its adult life buried under the seabed. It used a siphon (a tube that came out from between its shells) to feed on microscopic (smaller than the eye can see) animals and plants in the sea. This seashell has many fine ridges that curve around the shell parallel to its edge. If you look closely, you can see some wavy lines that cut across the ridges, especially near the apex (top) of the shell. These may help to strengthen the shell.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Bivalvia Mollusca | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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