Platyostoma lineata
UNB-2018-0636Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropdoa
Order: Eumphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Platyostoma (Conrad, 1842)
Species: Platyostoma lineata (Conrad, 1842)
Turbinate/lenticular discoid dextral specimen with three whorls; One large body whorl and two smaller whorls composing a small spire. Prominent sutures. Aperture is embedded into sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Platyostoma lineata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0636 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian to Upper Devonian Age: Eifelian to Famennian |
| Numeric age | 393.3 - 372.2 Mya |
| Origin | Thetford, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1842. Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States, with descriptions of new organic remains. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(2):228-280