Maclurites magnus
UNB-2018-0530Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Macluritidae
Genus: Maclurites (Le Sueur, 1818)
Species: Maclurites magnus (Le Sueur, 1818)
Planispiral sinistral specimen embedded into the sediment. Three complete whorls. Sutures are infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Maclurites magnus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0530 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician Age: Darriwilian |
| Numeric age | 467.3 Mya |
| Origin | Quebec? Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Publications
- C. A. Le Sueur. 1818. Observations on a new genus of fossil shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1:310-313