Pachymelania wyomingensis
UNB-2018-0592Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Pachymelania (White, 1895)
Species: Pachymelania wyomingensis (Meek, 1873)
Four turriform dextral specimens with five to six whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Spiral, transverse nodes along the first few whorls. Thin spiral ornamentation is visible near the apex of the spire.
Specifications
| Object name | Pachymelania wyomingensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0592 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Subperiod: Upper Paleocene to Lower Eocene Epoch: Paleocene to Eocene |
| Numeric age | 56 - 47 Mya |
| Origin | Ephraim, Utah, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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