UGA Stratigraphy Lab

The data is in the strata

• Fossils and Strata
  of the Sundance Seaway
• Fossils
• Stratigraphy
• References
• Acknowledgments
•  
• Bivalvia

Liostrea

(a subgenus of Ostrea)

Species

Liostrea strigilecula White, 1877
Small (1–2 cm wide), subovate
Occurrence: Carmel (often in enormous numbers); Sliderock, Rich, Watton Canyon, Leeds Creek, and Giraffe Creek Members of Twin Creek Limestone (mostly Sliderock, Rich, and Watton Canyon)
Reference: Imlay, 1964; Imlay, 1967

Liostrea strigilecula
Photograph from Imlay, 1964

Comments or questions? Please contact Steven Holland at stratum@uga.edu

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