Naticarius canrena
UNB-2018-0606Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius (Dumeril, 1806)
Species: Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lenticular discoidal dextral specimen with four whorls; One large body whorl and three smaller whorls composing a small spire. Thin growth lines are visible on the whorls. Transverse and longitudinal ornamentation on the whorls. Large rounded aperture with an inductura on the inner lip. Small prominent umbilicus.
*Collected in 1967.
Specifications
| Object name | Naticarius canrena |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0606 |
| 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: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Jamaica |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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