Glabrocingulum sp.
UNB-2018-0555Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Orthogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Murchisoniina
Family: Gosseletinidae
Genus: Glabrocingulum (Thomas, 1940)
Two trochoid/turbinate specimens with two whorls. Specimens appear to be different species. The larger specimen has prominent transverse ornamentation. Aperture is missing. The smaller specimen has a prominent transverse ornamentation on the outer margin of the whorls and transverse and longitudinal ornamentation. Circular aperture that is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Glabrocingulum sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0555 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Age: Late Pennsylvanian to Missourian |
| Numeric age | 306 Mya |
| Origin | Bridgeport, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- E. G. Thomas. 1940. Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20:30-72