Lophonema sp.
UNB-2018-0571Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Orthogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Helicotomidae
Genus: Lophonema (Purdue and Miser, 1916)
Species: Lophonema ozarkispira? (Cannot find species online)
Small planispiral dextral specimen with four whorls. Heavily weathered. Small, circular aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Lophonema sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0571 |
| 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: Ordovician Subperiod: Early Ordovician Epoch: Canadian |
| Numeric age | 485 Mya |
| Origin | Ravendon, Lawrence County, Arkansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- A. H. Purdue and H.D. Miser. 1916. Eureka Springs - Harrison folio, Arkansas - Missouri. United States Geological Survey, Geological Atlas of the United States