Murchisonia sp.

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Order: Murchisoniia Family: Murchisoniidae Genus: Murchisonia (d'Archiac and de Verneuil, 1841) Turriform dextral specimen with six whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Transverse ornamentation is visible on the whorls.

Specifications

Object nameMurchisonia sp.
IDUNB-2018-0586
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
CompositionCalcium carbonate
OriginUnknown
Pieces1
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 2.8cm x 1cm x 1cm

Publications

  • E. J. A. d'Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1841. Note sur le genre Murchisonia. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 12:154-169