Turritella cf. plebeia plebeia
UNB-2018-0610Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Turritella (Petuch, 1988)
Species: Turritella plebeia (Say, 1824)
Subspecies: Turritella plebeia plebeia (Ward, 1992)
Two replicas of turriform dextral specimens with five whorls. Apex of spire is missing.
Specifications
| Object name | Turritella cf. plebeia plebeia |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0610 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Glass |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene |
| Numeric age | 23.03 Mya |
| Origin | Atlantic Coast, Canada |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Publications
- L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
- E. J. Petuch. 1988. New gastropods from the Maryland Miocene. Bulletin of Paleomalacology 1(4):69-80