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FS279 Plicatula ferryi

6.0 cm. Long x 4.0 cm. Wide x 2.0 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pteriomorpha, Plicatulidae, Plicatula, ferryi

Description: This bivalve, found in the soft chalk of the Zihor formation, has wormlike features inside the shell. Minerals crystallized on these features. Two nice specimens! The upper one is still closed.

Age: Cretaceous Period

Location Found: Israel, , Zihor junction, southern Negev desert

Found by: Wienie

Custodian: Wienie

Identified by: Zeev Levy

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