Spirula spirula
UNB-2018-0509Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Coleoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Spirulida
Family: Spirulidae
Genus: Spirula (Lamarck, 1799)
Species: Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fourteen specimens with two to three complete whorls or fragments of inidvidual whorls. Large, transverse sutures and visible septa for some specimens with the aperture preserved. Aperture is circular in appearance.
Specifications
| Object name | Spirula spirula |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0509 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Coleoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Pieces | 14 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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