I found a valve of what looks like Carditamera floridana on Bear Island, North Carolina.
Maximum size is supposed to be 38mm (Hartman, Bivalve Shells of Florida). This is 46mm in length. Is this likely to be fossil?

David Kirsh
Durham, NC

"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction.
 Fiction has to make sense." - Mark Twain

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