Nucula sp.
UNB-2018-0458Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Protobranchia
Order: Nuculida
Family: Nuculididae
Genus: Nucula (Lamarck, 1799)
Specimen with both the right and left valves preserved. Ventral margin is partially weathered. Thin, faint growth lines. Lunule and hinge ligament are visible. Small, triangular umbo. Rounded ventral margin that is elongated towards the posterior end. Triangular/rounded dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Nucula sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0458 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian Age: Givetian |
| Numeric age | 387.7 Mya |
| Origin | Alden, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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