Lithopoma tuber
UNB-2018-0535Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Vetigastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lithopoma (Gray, 1850)
Species: Lithopoma tuber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Three turbinate dextral specimens composed of three to four whorls. Broad, longitudinal ribs on the first two whorls. Faint growth lines. Rounded aperture with prominent inner lip. The largest specimen has three holes on the third and fourth whorl that may be due to predation.
Specifications
| Object name | Lithopoma tuber |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0535 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Vetigastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Jamaica |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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