Amphiscapha muricata
UNB-2018-0549Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Eumophalidae
Genus: Amphiscapha (Knight, 1942)
Species: Amphiscapha muricata (Knight, 1934)
Planispiral hypertrophic dextral specimen with three whorls. The inner whorls near the umbilicus are encrusted with sediment. Faint growth lines are visible on the outer whorl. Rounded aperture that is encrusted with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Amphiscapha muricata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0549 |
| 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: Permian Subperiod: Early Permian Epoch: Wolfcampian |
| Numeric age | 297 Mya |
| Origin | Grand Summit, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. B. Knight. 1934. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier. VII. The Euomphalidae and Platyceratidae. Journal of Paleontology 8(2):139-166
- J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488