Vermetus sp.
UNB-2018-0598Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Vermetus (Daudin, 1800)
Turriform/tubular dextral specimen with ten visible whorls. Apex of shell is coiled and overlaps itself. Transverse nodes are visible each whorl. Small, circular aperture. Large umbilicus.
Specifications
| Object name | Vermetus sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0598 |
| 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 Epoch: Pliocene Age: Early Pliocene |
| Numeric age | 5 Mya |
| Origin | Captiva Island, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
|