Selected techniques of biofacies analysis were applied to an unconsolidated sedimentary deposit in the Pamlico Formation of Pleistocene age in Flagler County, Florida. An oriented sample containing 0.61 cu. ft. of concentrated shells and sand yielded data which were subjected to analyses of taxonomic diversity, texture, abundance, and incomplete specimens. Of the mollusk shells present, 80% are pelecypods (39 species) and 20% are gastropods (37 species). Faunal elements indigenous to the depositional site could not be discerned, but the 19 species comprising 93% of all mollusk specimens suggest a depositional environment of shallow-water, high salinity bays with sand or sand-mud substrate, weak currents, considerable wave action, and a minimum water temperature of 50° -55°F.

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