Aporrhais triangulata
UNB-2018-0582Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Aporrhais (da Costa, 1778)
Species: Aporrhais triangulata (Gardner, 1884)
Sample with various gastropod shells embedded into the sediment. One small specimen of Aporrhais triangulata embedded into the sediment. Specimen is composed of four whorls, apex of spire is missing and aperture is not visible. Thin transverse ornamentation is visible on the first whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Aporrhais triangulata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0582 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous |
| Numeric age | 83 Mya |
| Origin | Custer County, Montana, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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