Fasciolaria tulipa
UNB-2018-0543Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fasciolaria (Lamarck, 1799)
Species: Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fusiform/Sub-Pyriform dextral specimen with four whorls; Large body whorl and three whorls composing the spire. Apex of spire is missing. Thin, transverse spiral ornamentation. Broad, longitudinal ribs on the second to fourth whorl. Oval aperture and elongated siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Fasciolaria tulipa |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0543 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| 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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