Cittarium sp.
UNB-2018-0633Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Vetigastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochidae
Genus: Cittarium (Philippi, 1847)
Seven large turbinate dextral specimens of different species of Cittarium. Four whorls each. Two specimens have longitudinal spiral ornamentation and three specimens have longitudinal ribs on the whorls. Two specimens are weathered and encrusted with sediment. Large circular aperture for all specimens. Three specimens have a large umbilicus and the four other specimens have multiple transverse ornamentation on the base of the body whorl.
*Collected in 1967.
Specifications
| Object name | Cittarium sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0633 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Vetigastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Drunkenman's Cay, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Pieces | 7 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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