| P number: | P521122 |
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| Caption: | A fossil specimen of Sanguinolites costellatus M'Coy. A fossil bivalve. (Mollusca, Bivalvia.) Shale at mine mouth between Honeybank & Belstone farmhouse, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland. |
| Description: | This specimen of Sanguinolites costellatus is a bivalve from the Carboniferous Limestone and was found in shale at the mine mouth between Honeybank and Belstone farmhouse, Carluke. British Geological Survey Biostratigraphy Collection number GSE 9843. Sanguinolites has strong concentric ribbing. Sanguinolites and Edmondia are the only representatives of the Palaeozoic Order Praecardioda. Bivalves belong to phylum Mollusca and have two hard usually bowl-shaped shells called valves. They are filter-feeders and live off suspended phytoplankton such as diatoms and dinoflagellates. These are trapped in their gills. Sediment feeders feed on organic material in the sediment such as bottom-dwelling diatoms. The oldest bivalve is from the Lower Cambrian. Figd. Cameron, Midland Valley Guide, 1984, pl. fig. 1. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 142.68 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Fossils |
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