Praenucula albertina
UNB-2018-0444Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Nuculida
Family: Praenuculidae
Genus: Praenucula (Pfab, 1934)
Species: Praenucula albertina (Ulrich, 1894)
Two specimens with both the right and left valves preserved. Faint growth lines are visible near the ventral margin. Valves are slightly weathered. Lunule and hinge ligament are slightly encrusted with sediment. Rounded ventral margin that is elongated towards the posterior end. Rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Praenucula albertina |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0444 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Clarksville, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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