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IPSMG:R.1933.119.A29

Ipswich Collections

boxstone, fossil, bivalve, mollusca, shell

One incomplete boxstone, in two parts, containing the infill cast of a bivalve shell and its imprint. The shell has been identified, originally as Panopea and then later as Lutraria. The original identification is written on the outside edge and crossed out.Figured boxstone showing a shell of the bivalve Panopea menardi/Lutra elliptica

933-119A.29. ; 933-119a.29. Lutraria elliptica v. jeffreyii De Gregorio ; 149

sandstone, carbonate fluorapatite, calcite, phosphorite

with infill cast depth: 94.00 mm
with infill cast width: 74.00 mm
with infill cast height: 45.00 mm
with imprint depth: 99.00 mm
with imprint width: 80.00 mm
with imprint height: 49.00 mm

Lutraria elliptica (Saltwater Clam)

Stratigraphy Period: Neogene
Epoch: Plio-Pleistocene
Epoch: Miocene
: Red Crag, Basement Bed