Monoplex pilearis
UNB-2018-0551Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Monoplex (Perry, 1811)
Species: Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fusiform/turbinate dextral specimen with four whorls; One large body whorl and three smaller whorls composing the spire. Apex is missing. Prominent varices. Thin, longtidunal and transverse ornamentation. Oval aperture with prominent outer lip and inductura on inner lip. Short siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Monoplex pilearis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0551 |
| 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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