Strobeus primogenius
UNB-2018-0556Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Orthogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Murchisoniia
Family: Soleniscidae
Genus: Strobeus (Meek and Worthen, 1860)
Species: Strobeus primogenius (Conrad, 1835)
Turbinate dextral specimen with five whorls; One large body whorl and four smaller whorls composing the spire. Apex of spire is missing. Faint growth lines are visible. Thin, oval aperture that is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Strobeus primogenius |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0556 |
| 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 Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian Age: Virgilian |
| Numeric age | 303 Mya |
| Origin | Coleman County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1835. Description of five new species of fossil shells in the collection presented by Mr. Edward Miller to the Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania 1(1):267-270
- F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472