Cypraecassis testiculus
UNB-2018-0638Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Cypraecassis (Stuchburry, 1837)
Species: Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Obovate dextral specimen with three whorls; One large body whorl and two smaller whorls that compose a fairly flat spire. Apex of spire is missing. Thin, elongated aperture with labial and columellar teeth visible. Thin growth lines are visible on the body whorls and faint transverse spinal ornamentation is visible on the body whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Cypraecassis testiculus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0638 |
| 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: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Jamaica |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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