Fissurella sp.
UNB-2018-0550Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Vetigastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella (Bruguière, 1789)
Three patelliform specimens with prominent apical hole. Reticulate texture and radial ribs. The two smaller specimens appear to be the same species.
Specifications
| Object name | Fissurella sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0550 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Vetigastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Kingston Harbour, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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