Pholadomya sancti-sabae
UNB-2018-0420Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Pholadomyida
Family: Pholadomyidae
Genus: Pholadomya (Sowerby, 1823)
Species: Pholadomya sancti-sabae (Roemar)
Four specimens with both the left and right valves preserved. Valves have reliculate texture that is weathered and encrusted with sediment. Prominent lunule and hinge ligament. Rounded ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin. Specimens are quite convex.
Specifications
| Object name | Pholadomya sancti-sabae |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0420 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous Age: Albian to Middle Albian to Late Albian |
| Numeric age | 106 - 103 Mya |
| Origin | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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