Meekospira peracuta
UNB-2018-0577Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Meekospiridae
Genus: Meekospira (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897)
Species: Meekospira peracuta (Meek and Worthen, 1860)
Turriform dextral specimen with five whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Whorls are encrusted with sediment. Small circular aperture is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Meekospira peracuta |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0577 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Middle Pennsylvanian |
| Numeric age | 315.2 Mya |
| Origin | Brown County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- 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
- E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081