Cyclonema sp.
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Cyclonema (Hall, 1852)
Trochoid specimen with five whorls embedded into sediment with a right bivalve valve on the other side of the sediment. Thin, prominent transverse spiral ornamentation. Large, circular aperture that is infilled with sediment but inner lip is visible.
Specifications
| Object name | Cyclonema sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0536 |
| 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 to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Weisburg, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall. 1852. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system. Paleontology of New York 2:1-362