Palaeoneilo fecunda
UNB-2018-0445Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Malletiidae
Genus: Palaeoneilo (Hall and Whitfield, 1869)
Species: Palaeoneilo fecunda (Hall, 1862)
Two small specimens with both the left and right valves preserved. Thin, defined growth lines. Small, triangular/rounded umbo. Rounded ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin. Faint lunule.
Specifications
| Object name | Palaeoneilo fecunda |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0445 |
| 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 Epoch: Middle Ordovician to Upper Ordovician Age: Darriwilian to Hirnantian |
| Numeric age | 467.3 - 445.2 Mya |
| Origin | Dubuque County, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1869. Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones, part 2.