Macrocypraea zebra
UNB-2018-0608Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Macrocypraea (Woodring, 1957)
Species: Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovate specimen with thin, elongated aperture that have prominent columellar and labial teeth.
*Collected in 1967.
Specifications
| Object name | Macrocypraea zebra |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0608 |
| 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 | Drunkenman's Cay, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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