Clam (fossil)

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Clam (fossil)

Entry/Object ID

2011.57.132

Description

Crystal System: Hexagonal System Description: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivallvia Order: Mytiloides Common Name: Clam Age: Cretaceous Location: Lincoln County, Kansas Description: Large, rough slab with multiple fossils imbedded within. One large banded, smooth fossil, almost complete. Matrix is a tan sandstone. Physical Characteristics: Bivalvia (common name bivalves) is a taxonomic class of marine and freshwater molluscs. This class includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and many other families of molluscs that have two hinged shells. The class was known for some time as Pelecypoda, which is a reference to the soft parts of the animal, whereas the name Bivalvia simply describes the shell, which has two valves. Other names which have been used for this class include Lamellibranchia (referring to the plate-like gill elements, see ctenidium), Acephala (they have no head), and Bivalva (two valves). Fracture: Conchoidal Grain Size: Fine Hardness: 3 Calcite Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Luster: Vitreous Class: Bivalvia Order: Mytiloides Phylum: Mollusca Rock Origin: Terrestrial Rock Type: Sedimentary Streak: white

Collection

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition

Accession

2011.57

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition Method

Long-term Loan

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Depth

2 in

Length

11-1/4 in

Location

Location

Drawer

Left

Shelf

Front

Cabinet

Case # 76

Wall

North

Room

Delmar Smith Hall

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Permanent