Paupospira bowdeni
UNB-2018-0625Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Orthogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Murchisoniia
Family: Lophospiridae
Genus: Paupospira (Wagner, 1999)
Species: Paupospira bowdeni (Safford, 1869)
Elongated trochoid dextral specimen that is partially embedded into sediment. Three whorls with a prominent shoulder near the base of the whorl. Apex of spire is missing. Aperture is circular but distorted and infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Paupospira bowdeni |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0625 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Late Ordovician to Ordovician Epoch: Cincinnatian |
| Numeric age | 451 Mya |
| Origin | Clarksville, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. W. Safford. 1869. Geology of Tennessee
- P. J. Wagner. 1999. The utility of fossil data in phylogenetic analyses: a likelihood example using Ordovician-Silurian species of the Lophospiridae (Gastropoda: Murchisoniina). American Malacological Bulletin 15(1):1-31