Neritina punctulata
UNB-2018-0538Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Suborder: Neritaemorpha
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species: Neritina punctulata (Larmarck, 1816)
Turbinate dextral specimen with one large body whorl and two smaller whorls comprising the spire. Faint growth lines and dotted pattern on the whorls. Large, oval aperture with prominent inner lip and callus over the umbilicus.
Specifications
| Object name | Neritina punctulata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0538 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Jamaica |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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