Murchisonia brevis
UNB-2018-0554Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Vetigastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Murchisoniina
Family: Murchisoniidae
Genus: Murchisonia (d'Archiac and de Verneuil, 1841)
Species: Murchisonia brevis (Roemer, 1856)
Four trochoid/fusiform specimens with two to three whorls; One large body whorl and two to three smaller whorls composing the spire. Apex is missing. Prominent transverse ornamentation. Faint transverse ornamentation and longitudinal ribs. Small circular apertures that are infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Murchisonia brevis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0554 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Vetigastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Age: Late Pennsylvanian to Missourian |
| Numeric age | 306 Mya |
| Origin | Bonner Springs, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- C. F. v. Roemer. 1856. II. Erste Periode. Kohlen-Gebirge [II. First period. Coal mountains]. In H. G. Bronn & C. F. v. Roemer (ed.), H. G. Bronn’s Lethaea Geognostica, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der für die Gebirgs-Formationen Bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen [H. G. Bronn's Lethaea Geognostica, or Illustration and Description of the Most Significant Fossils of the Mountain Formations]. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung und Druckerei. 1:1-788
- E. J. A. d'Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1841. Note sur le genre Murchisonia. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 12:154-169