Natica permunda
UNB-2018-0621Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Natica (Scopoli, 1777)
Species: Natica permunda (Conrad, 1854)
Lenticular discoidal specimen with five whorls; One large body whorl and four small whorls composing a flat spiral. Thin growth lines. Large oval aperture. Small umbilicus that has a slight callus.
Specifications
| Object name | Natica permunda |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0621 |
| 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: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Late Eocene |
| Numeric age | 35 Mya |
| Origin | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. In B. L. C. Wailes (ed.), Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi