Hormotoma sp.
UNB-2018-0632Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropdoa
Order: Murchisoniia
Family: Hormotomidae
Genus: Hormotoma (Salter, 1859)
Two different Hormotoma species that have a turriform dextral shell with rounded whorls. The smallest specimen is missing the apex of the spire. The smaller specimen has more rounded whorls and prominent sutures. The larger specimen has more flat whorls and faint transverse spiral ornamentation is visible on the whorls. Aperture is missing in both specimens.
Specifications
| Object name | Hormotoma sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0632 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Publications
- J. W. Salter. 1859. Figures and descriptions of Canadian organic remains