Cerithium sp.
UNB-2018-0597Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium (Bruguière, 1789)
Small turriform dextral specimen with six whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Prominent transverse ornamentation with nodes on the ornamentation. Thin, longitudinal ornamentation on the whorls. Small circular aperture and short siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Cerithium sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0597 |
| 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: Neogene to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | La Belle, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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