Cyclonema inflatum
UNB-2018-0542Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Cyclonema (Hall, 1852)
Species: Cyclonema inflatum (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897)
Turbinate/trochoid dextral specimen with four whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Prominent, thin transverse ornamentation on the whorls. Aperture is circular and infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Cyclonema inflatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0542 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Late Ordovician to Ordovician Epoch: Cincinnatian |
| Numeric age | 451 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
- 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